The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Bay , a little north of Table Bay . Even there the operation cost the lives of thirty - six men drowned , while only one was killed and four wounded . Advancing towards Cape Town in exhausting heat , Baird's men with little loss beat ...
... Bay , a little north of Table Bay . Even there the operation cost the lives of thirty - six men drowned , while only one was killed and four wounded . Advancing towards Cape Town in exhausting heat , Baird's men with little loss beat ...
Page 412
... Table Bay changed its rĂ´le of half - way house to the East and became , instead , the terminus of steamship communication between the Mother Country and her southern colony " . 1 The steamship was only for that class of traffic which ...
... Table Bay changed its rĂ´le of half - way house to the East and became , instead , the terminus of steamship communication between the Mother Country and her southern colony " . 1 The steamship was only for that class of traffic which ...
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... Table Bay . Those fears of ruin were not realised . Some loss there was ; but the Suez canal , for many years to come narrow and of uncertain depth , at all times burdened with heavy tolls and offering but a relatively slight shortening ...
... Table Bay . Those fears of ruin were not realised . Some loss there was ; but the Suez canal , for many years to come narrow and of uncertain depth , at all times burdened with heavy tolls and offering but a relatively slight shortening ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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