Time for a bit of Namibian history I think.
There is evidence of man here around 750,000 years ago but things didn’t start to get going until the 14th century when Dutch sailors showed up but it took about another 300 years before any colonisation started to happen and that was the usual mix of traders hunters and missionaries (Finnish Lutharians believe it or not)
When rich deposits of guano were found around 1840s the Brits showed up and annexed that bit for themselves. Africa was being carved up by the European countries by this time and Germany rather reluctantly took this place on - naming it German South West Africa - the first farmers arrived in 1892 and appropriated more or less what they liked.
When diamonds were found at the turn of the century everyone started to get interested. Unfortunately for the Germans the Great War happened and they were driven out by 1915 by South African forces.
The country was effectively a South African territory for many decades but eventually won its independence in 1990 making Namibia the newest country on the continent.
Quite a long drive to Etosha Park - we are here for 3 days - the Etosha Pan is a 5000sq km saline desert - it fills with water once a year.
This is a giraffe - obviously
1 comment:
Looks great. You should be an historian. Steve
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