sentences:  Major-General James Henry Craig, who was acting governor at the Cape from 1795 to 1797, discovered that Thibault was compiling a map of the Colony.Craig proposed that Thibault donate the map to him in return for the position of royal geographical engineer – an offer which Thibault declined, also turning down a later offer of 100 guineas.Craig was succeeded by Earl Macartney and Major-General Francis Dundas.