Charles-Daniel de Meuron
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Lieutenant-General Charles-Daniel de Meuron was an army officer and mercenary from the Principality of Neuchâtel who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He raised the Regiment de M
Portrait by Thomas Hickey, c. 1802
1789 portrait of de Meuron with his slaves Pedro and Vendredi by Joseph Reinhart
Dutch Cape Colony
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The Dutch Cape Colony, officially known as the Cape of Good Hope Waystation, was a colony of the Dutch East India Company and Batavian Republic in Southern Africa. Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, f
View of Table Bay with ships of the United East India Company (VOC), c. 1763
Painting of an account of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck, by Charles Bell
Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck
Meeting between Governor Janssens and the Xhosa chief Gaika in 1803