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Clio’s Armada: The Bartolomeu Dias Caravel and Challenging History in South Africa

I’ve been lucky enough to travel widely in my life. This has often contributed heavily to my passions, including history but more specifically museums and heritage watercraft. In 2017, my partner and I visited Mossel Bay in South Africa, home of the historic Post Office Tree and I was delighted to find another replica vesselContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: The Bartolomeu Dias Caravel and Challenging History in South Africa”

Review: A Tale of Three Hills and Two Monuments

I want to tell you about the three kopjes in South Africa, each with its own museum on top. (You could visit my 2017 travel blog here if you were so inclined). The Voortrekker Monument atop a tall hill (or kopje) caught my eye because of its colonial and “pioneer” narrative and I wanted toContinue reading “Review: A Tale of Three Hills and Two Monuments”