The Dutch lost it to the British in 1795. The peace Treaty of Amiens gave it back to the Dutch but when war broke out again in 1805 the British conquered it for good the following year. When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, the colony was absorbed into it.
Pictured is a model of Cape Town circa 1800. http://dld.bz/hgcye
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