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[[File:Punch Rhodes Colossus.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Cecil Rhodes]] and the [[Cape-Cairo railway]] project. Rhodes founded the [[De Beers Mining Company]], owned the [[British South Africa Company]] and had his name given to what became the state of [[Rhodesia]]. He liked to "paint the map [[British Empire|British]] red" and declared: "all of these stars ... these vast worlds that remain out of reach. If I could, I would annex other planets."<ref>[[S. Gertrude Millin]], ''Rhodes'', London: 1933, p.138.</ref>]] | [[File:Punch Rhodes Colossus.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Cecil Rhodes]] and the [[Cape-Cairo railway]] project. Rhodes founded the [[De Beers Mining Company]], owned the [[British South Africa Company]] and had his name given to what became the state of [[Rhodesia]]. He liked to "paint the map [[British Empire|British]] red" and declared: "all of these stars ... these vast worlds that remain out of reach. If I could, I would annex other planets."<ref>[[S. Gertrude Millin]], ''Rhodes'', London: 1933, p.138.</ref>]] | ||