Cecil Rhodes
/ˌsesl ˈrəʊdz/
/ˌsesl ˈrəʊdz/
- (1853-1902) a British politician and businessman. He went to South Africa in 1870 and made a lot of money from diamond and gold mining, forming the De Beers Mining Company in 1880. His ambition was to bring the whole of Africa under British control, and he took an active part in opposing Britain's rivals in South Africa, the Boers. In 1889 he formed the British South Africa Company, which owned land later known as Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), and became the President of Cape Colony in 1890.
塞西尔·罗兹(Cecil Rhodes):(1853-1902)英国政治家和商人。他于1870年前往南非,并从钻石和金矿开采中赚了很多钱,并于1880年成立了戴比尔斯矿业公司。他的志向是将整个非洲置于英国的控制之下,并且他积极反对英国的统治。南非的竞争对手布尔人。1889年,他成立了英属南非公司,该公司拥有后来被称为罗得西亚(现为津巴布韦和赞比亚)的土地,并于1890年成为开普殖民地总裁。