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    The Pioneer Column was a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company in 1890 and used in his efforts to annex the territory of Mashonaland...
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  • published in India Pioneer (Estonian magazine) Pioneer (military), a soldier employed for engineering and construction tasks Pioneer Column, an 1890 force...
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    in 1889 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and began with the Pioneer Column's march north-east to Mashonaland in 1890. Empowered by its charter to...
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    Rhodes sent a group of settlers, known as the Pioneer Column, into Mashonaland. The 400+ man Pioneer Column was guided by the explorer and big game hunter...
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    for its extensive gold reserves, was first purchased by the BSAC's Pioneer Column on the strength of a Mineral Concession extracted from its Matabele...
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    the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes and his Pioneer Column marched north in 1890, acquiring a huge block of territory that the...
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    subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named...
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  • It was the original destination of the Pioneer Column of the British South Africa Company; however, the Column eventually settled some eleven miles to...
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    original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2023. Fisher, J.L. (2010). Pioneers, Settlers, Aliens, Exiles: The Decolonisation of White Identity in Zimbabwe...
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  • played international rugby for Scotland and was part of Cecil Rhodes' Pioneer Column. His great grandfather was marine artist Captain Nicholas Pocock. Wikisource...
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