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The Rhodes Colossus: Caricature of Cecil John Rhodes, after he announced plans for a telegraph line and railroad from Cape Town to Cairo.

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Source Punch and Exploring History 1400-1900: An anthology of primary sources, p. 401 by Rachel C. Gibbons
Author Edward Linley Sambourne (1844–1910)
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