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Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:823.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXIII
JULY, 1905.
NO. 7.

Dr. Gregory Reports From Robben Island and Emjanyana.

J Cutan Dis.
July 1905;23:327-329.

Editor's Comment

COLONEL AUCAMP curtly informed us that we were being transferred. Where? Tefu asked. Someplace very beautiful, Aucamp said. Where? said Tefu. "Die Eiland," said Aucamp. The island. There was only one. Robben Island.—Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela

Robben Island, situated just 10 km off of Cape Town, South Africa, was first used as a way station by Portuguese explorers and Dutch traders of the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established the first permanent European settlement on the Cape of Good Hope, and Robben Island assumed even greater importance. The plentiful wildlife there—especially the seals, after which the Dutch island was named—provided refreshment to the merchants and sailors involved in the lucrative East India . . . [Full Text of this Article]