Cape of Good Hope (Promontory near the S)
a promontory near the S. extremity of Africa, at the termination of a small peninsula extending S. from Table mountain, which overlooks Cape Town. This peninsula forms the W. side of False Bay, and on its inner coast is Simon's Bay and Simon's Town, where there is a safe anchorage and a British naval station. Bartholomew Diaz, who discovered the Cape in 1487, called it Cape of Storms; but John II. of Portugal changed this this to its present designation. It was first doubled by Vasco da Gama in 1497. Here is one of the principal astronomical institutions of the world. About the middle of the 16th century the French astronomer, Lacaille, made an exceedingly valuable series of observations at the Cape. Ever since the English have had a colony there they have kept up astronomical work, the Cape having been the scene of the labors of several celebrated English astronomers, among them Sir John Herschel.
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Cape Ortegal
a rugged prornontory forming the N. extremity of Spain, extending into the Bay of Biscay, in lat. 43° 45′ N., lon. 7° 56′ W.
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Cape River
or RIO DE SEGOVIA properly Vaunks ( , or Wanx), a river of Nicaragua, which after a generally N. E. course of nearly 300 miles, enters the Caribbean Sea, after forming part of the boundary between Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Cape Spartivento
ancient Herculis Promontorium, a promontory of southern Italy, forming the S. E. extremity of Calabria; lat. 37° 57′ N., lon. 16° 5' E.
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Cape to Cairo Railway
a British project for the construction of a continuous railway from the Cape of Good Hope to the city of Cairo on the Nile. Forty-eight per cent of the road is now in operation. Trains run northward from Cape Town by way of Kimberley and Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, to Broken Hill, a rich upper region, a distance of 1,984 miles. Trains run southward from Cairo up the valley of the Nile, as far as Assouan, a distance of 600 miles; then, after a gap of 220 miles covered by steamers, the train service may be resumed a distance of 560 miles to Khartum. The present (1909) gap between Khartum and Victoria Falls is 2,500 miles wide. The Cape to Cairo route consists at the present time of three railroads having a total length of 3,044 miles, and two gaps of 2,700 miles, half of which is traversable by water. London papers used to discuss the Cape to Cairo idea much as they would discuss a line to the moon; but an all-rail route from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo is now an assured fact. The most difficult part of the route is the marshy region below Lake Albert Nyanza . See Africa ; Nyanza; Victoria Falls ; Uganda
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Cape Town
the capital of Cape of Good Hope . It is situated at the foot of Table Mountain , about thirty miles from the tip of the cape, and fronts Table Bay, opening upon the Atlantic westward. The town was well laid out originally by the Dutch, who still form over half of the white population. Travelers are interested in Table Mountain, the Cape Astronomical Observatory, and a botanic garden of fourteen acres. The city is well built. There are many fine churches. The most prominent is the Roman Catholic cathedral. The capitol is a commanding edifice of recent construction. Cape Town is the educational and commercial center of South Africa. The harbor is protected by a breakwater nearly a mile long. There are two large docks affording opportunity to repair ships and to scrape off barnacles. The Great Western Railway, the first link in the Cape to Cairo route, runs north from Cape Town. The population in 1904 was 77,668. 2026 Editor's Note: By way of comparison, Cape Town today is home to some 4.6 million people, up from the 77,668 this article reports for 1904. (Ed: BR 2026-06-09)
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Cape Verde
the most westerly headland of Africa, jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, between the rivers Gambia and Senegal, in 14° 53′ N. lat., 17° 34′ W. lon. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1443.
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Cape Wrath
a pyramidal promontory of unrivaled wildness and grandeur, the N. W. extremity of Scotland and of Sutherland, and running out into 38' N the Atlantic; lat. 58° 38′ N., lon. 4° 58' 5" W. Cape Wrath is 600 feet high, and there is a lighthouse near it, 400 feet above the sea, visible 25 miles off.
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Capen
EDWARD WARREN, an American educator, born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., in 1870. He graduated from Amherst College in 1894 and from the Hartford Theological Seminary in After taking post-graduate 1898. courses at Columbia, he was appointed lecturer on special phases of sociology at the Hartford Theological Seminary in 22-Vol. II-Cyc eign Missions from 1904 to 1907. In 1911 he was one of the faculty of the Kennedy School of Missions, becoming instructor in sociology, ogy, associate professor, professor, and dean successively. He was a member of many important commissions and was a delegate to several international conferences on missions. In 1912 he was ordained to the Congregational ministry. He wrote "Sociological Progress in Mission Lands" (1913); and many articles and pamphlets on missions. He also edited several works relating to missions.
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Capernaum
a city of Galilee in , about Palestine 70 miles N. by E. from Jerusalem. It is situated on the N. W. shore of the Sea of Tiberias . It was a place of considerable importance in the time of Christ, who describes it as exalted unto heaven. The place derives its chief interest from the manner in which it is mentioned in the New Testament. It was here that Jesus Christ began His public ministry; and in its neighborhood He delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
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Capers
WILLIAM THEODOTUS, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, born in Greenville, S. C., in 1867. He studied at the South Carolina College, Furman University, ard at the Theological Seminary of Virginia, graduating from the latter institution in 1894. From 1887 to 1890 he was engaged in business. He was ordained priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1895 and served as rector and dean of several churches in North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, and Kentucky. In 1912 and 1913 he was rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, Philadelphia. He was elected bishop of the missionary district of Spokane, but declined the appointment. In 1913 he was appointed bishop of west Texas.
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