A hundred years ago, central Africa was a land unexplored, shrouded in mystery, inspiring tales of strange peoples and vast unexploited wealth. This was the world that Cecil Rhodes, coming from the sheltered background of an English country vicarage, was to enter and make his own. Tempted by tales of great fortunes to be made from the diamond mines at Kimberley, Cecil Rhodes set off in 1874 on a career that was to put his name, literally, on the world map. A cold, remote business genius, Rhodes devoted his entire energy to extending British influence in Africa. Under his instigation vast amounts of territory were annexed and mineral rights worth incalculable millions of pounds were acquired for a few rifles and trinkets. "I want to see all that red, British red; this is my dream," said Rhodes, and much of the dream became reality as thousands of pioneers trekked northwards from South Africa to run the mines and settle the land. The subject of this new History Makers title is a man who lived in an age when to be an Empire-builder was the height of patriotism, and who voiced the thoughts and ambitions of many British people; a man who left the world a legacy that perplexes us still- Rhodesia.
Published	1987
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