The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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GERMAN SOUTH - WEST AFRICA 527 Neither the murmurs of the missionaries nor the denials of the German diplomats apparently aroused the least suspicion that any acquisition of territory was contemplated . Very few people took the colonial ...
GERMAN SOUTH - WEST AFRICA 527 Neither the murmurs of the missionaries nor the denials of the German diplomats apparently aroused the least suspicion that any acquisition of territory was contemplated . Very few people took the colonial ...
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The despatch of a warship to Angra Pequeña was suggested , in order that German intervention might not be excused by the absence of British protection . Again , on July 16 , the Cape Parliament voted unanimously for the annexation of ...
The despatch of a warship to Angra Pequeña was suggested , in order that German intervention might not be excused by the absence of British protection . Again , on July 16 , the Cape Parliament voted unanimously for the annexation of ...
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Some members of the German Colonial Party , who regarded the Boers as a Germanic people and dreamed of a broad belt of Teutonic territory a stretching across Africa from east to west , sympathised openly with the republic's difficulties ...
Some members of the German Colonial Party , who regarded the Boers as a Germanic people and dreamed of a broad belt of Teutonic territory a stretching across Africa from east to west , sympathised openly with the republic's difficulties ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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administration already annexation authority Boers British called Cape Colony Cape Town carried cattle cause century Chief claims coast colonists Commissioner Company constitution Council Court districts Durban Dutch early East Eastern effect established European farmers farms followed force Free frontier further German Government Governor hand High Hope Hottentots House imperial important increased India interest labour land later Legislative less Lord March means ment military mining missionaries Natal Native Office Orange Parl Parliament party passed peace political population port Portuguese problem question railway reached regard remained Report republics responsible Rhodes River rule secure settlement settlers slaves soon South Africa Southern Table Bay territory tion took trade Transvaal tribes troops Union Vide whole