Willem Janszoon
Willem Janszoon fl. late 16th-early 17th cent., Dutch navigator and colonial governor; his name also appears was Jansz or Janssen. Janszoon served (1603-11, 1612-16, 1618-28) in the Dutch East Indies. Sailing on the Duyfken [dovekin] from Bantam, Java, in 1605, he sailed along the S New Guinea coast and crossed over to what is now the Carpentaria Bay coast of Queensland, becoming (1606) the first European explorer known for certain to have sighted and landed in Australia (though he believed it to be part of New Guinea). He was the colonial governor of Ft. Henricus, Solor (1612-16), and of Banda (1623-27) and rose to the rank of admiral.
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History repeated -- The Battles of Majuba (1881) and Spion Kop (1900): the art of war is at best a choice of difficulties.
Magazine article from: Sabretache; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...between 1881 and 1901, the names Majuba and Spion Kop became widely known...separate wars, namely the battle of Majuba Hill which took place on 28 February 1881...different from the earlier battle. Majuba An examination of the First Boer...
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Majuba to make up for losses
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post; 9/4/2008; 604 words
; Majuba is proving a costly juvenile to follow, but he can reward those who keep...event at Newmarket last time, but should find life much easier in the William Hill Long Service Handicap. The son of Compton Place was a ready winner at Headquarters...
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 "Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)")
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Majuba worth one more chance.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 9/4/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: By ASHLEY IVESON Sports Correspondent MAJUBA is proving a costly juvenile to follow, but he can reward...last time, but should find life much easier in the William Hill Long Service Handicap. The son of Compton Place was a ready...
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 "Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)")
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Majuba's worth another chance; RACING PREVIEW.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 9/4/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: By NAOMI MATTHEW MAJUBA is proving a costly juvenile to follow, but he can reward those who...Newmarket last time, but should find life much easier in the William Hill Long Service Handicap (4.00). The son of Compton Place was a...
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Hear all sides
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 11/28/1998; 700+ words
; ...Farndale, Greenways, Spennymoor. MAJUBA RE the article in The Week Gone...Nov 21) about Redcar's Majuba Road. Since 1887 there has...dunes at Coatham and there was a hill among the holes. A sandy track...soldiers going "over the top" at Majuba were similarly hit by snipers...
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Reminders of the Boer War in Redcar.
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 9/19/2009; 640 words
; ...privilege of standing on that hill (not unlike Roseberry Topping...there were more than one - is Majuba. The battle of Majuba took place in 1881 and for some...Redcar, still goes by the nam Majuba Road. The old second hole at...
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The week gone by
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 11/21/1998; 700+ words
; ...Mo Mowlam would be receiving the freedom of Redcar and Cleveland at Redcar Bowl, Majuba Road, (see page 3). Majuba Road is named after the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881 which was the first and last proper battle of the First Boer War. Major...
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Safe children's play area demanded by parents
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 11/15/1999; ; 542 words
; ...old skating rink on Redcar's Majuba Road. In the meantime, they...says if a site is chosen on Majuba Road - "a major road"- there...one end of it, and adjoins Hill Street. Mrs Mitchell-Peel...time one child comes down the hill it could be a child lost. The...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Books: ACTION ADVENTURE.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 1/20/2007; 432 words
; Byline: John West Last Stand at Majuba Hill by John Wilcox Headline, 19.99 hardback) TAKE Sharpe...escaping with their lives, have to hold the summit of Majuba Hill in the fierce fighting. The action scenes are written...
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Dry cooling towers at biggest coal fuel power station. (Transvaal, South Africa)
Magazine article from: Modern Power Systems; 7/1/1991; 700+ words
; ...of South Africa, of which Matimba and Majuba have been equipped with direct dry cooling...same technical features as Matimba and Majuba was selected. Construction of the Van...to use direct dry cooling for the Black Hills Power & Light Company's 365 MWe...
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Majuba Hill, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Majuba Hill, battle of, 1881. Majuba Hill was the only major battle of the first Boer war (1880...Laing's Nek (pass) in January 1881. The area is dominated by Majuba Hill, rising 1,100 feet above it. At night, on 26 February...
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Majuba Hill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Majuba Hill , E KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Drakensberg Range. On Feb. 27, 1881, a British force of 500 was routed there by Boer (Afrikaner) troops under the command of P. J. Joubert.
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Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Sandhurst. Allenby was commissioned in the army in 1882 and sent with his unit to South Africa, too late for the battle of Majuba Hill, won by Boer force. He returned to England in 1886 and continued to advance in the army. He accompanied his regiment...
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Transvaal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...began an armed revolt against the British and proclaimed a new republic. After defeats at Laing's Nek, Ingogo, and Majuba Hill (all in Feb., 1881), Britain granted the South African Republic independence. In 1883, S. J. P. Kruger (Oom...
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Boer Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...Joubert, and PRETORIUS took power as a triumvirate. British disasters at the battles of Laing's Nek, Ingogo, and Majuba Hill forced peace upon Gladstone, who granted self-government. The second Boer war (1899–1902) was caused...
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