The Cape, also referred to as The Cape of Good Hope, is significant to Jane Eyre because of St. John's proposal and invitation to join him on his religious missionary trip. This information comes from OpenBook Publishers, a peer-reviewed, open-access website for authors to publish and produce academic works free for public consumption. The Cape illustrates colonial and imperial geography as it highlights the resupply port that St. John will stop at on his passage to India. The Cape at this time served as the midway point for British travelers heading to Indian on the shipping routes taken prior to larger canals being opened. Mapping this location on COVE reveals further the underlying historical significance of economical growth, colonization, and the harsh realities of slavery under British Imperial rule.
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Source-https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0319/ch1.xhtml#_idTex… (really interesting source, if you click the 3 lines on the right and hit content, there is a rabbit-hole of information written about various themes in Jane Eyre)
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