Title

Natal, now D'Urban - The Bluff, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Natal, now D'Urban - The Bluff, 1850. View of '...Port Natal, now called D'Urban, in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban....its superabundance of fuel as well as large timber, its inexhaustible supply of water from four rivers, one of which has ten times more than supplies the whole of Cape Town (with 25,000 inhabitants), all point out the great importance of the locality. Two of these rivers run into the Bay, and a third (the Umlazi) within four miles of its margin. The stream of this river is considerable, and may be conducted over a rich and fertile flat leading to the present town and bay...There was nothing at all to fear from the native population, and the colony would easily support from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 emigrants'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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HRM22A34_169

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Keywords

transport transportation sea South Africa bay mountain mountains country harbour trade port ship ships British geography colony location Victorian century Colonial Britain newspapers press emigration Durban Natal B&W engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W KwaZulu-Natal nineteenth century The Print Collector colonialism geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown 19th-century