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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Van Riebeeck Can't Get Cattle From Strandlopers
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Charles Davidson Bell (1813-1882)
Bell landed in the Cape in 1830 and through his uncle Sir John Bell, Secretary to the Cape Government, was given a post in the civil service. He was appointed as expedition artist on Dr. Andrew Smith's two-year journey north as far as the Limpopo in 1834. He went from Acting Clerk of the Legislative Council in 1838, to Assistant Surveyor-General in 1843, to Surveyor-General in 1848.
In 1851, he designed a silver gallantry medal fo (showing 500 of 1634 characters). |
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