Quote Originally Posted by Knight of the Rose View Post
The shiny thing in South Africa could represent the diamond mines, but I can't remember if they were discovered in this timeframe?
The Diamond deposits were found in 1867. South African Diamond rush occurred in 1880, in the Oranje and Transvaal Boer Republics (Now part of South Africa). This valuable resource, along with Gold, and the fear of increasing Portuguese influence in Transvaal were behind the Boer Wars between the Boer Republics and Britain. Since the game end date is seemingly 1800, it goes far off the Diamond Rush which caracterized South Africa.