Browsing by Subject "Guano"
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Guanopreneurs and the dynamics of policymaking in the Cape Colony, 1843-1845
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2019)Having identified an opportunity to extract significant income from selling guano, a popular and profitable natural fertiliser, from individual islands within its territorial waters, the Cape colonial administration ... -
“Preventing a silent wilderness, securing the economic bounty” – Cape guano and the politics of seabird protection during the 19th and early 20th century
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2020)The Cape Colony, after Peru, was the second-most-important supplier of seabird guano to commercial farmers on a worldwide scale during the nineteenth century. Despite the obvious benefits of selling guano licenses and ...
