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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Their great East India Company, weakened by official corruption within and by
the pressure from its rival, the English Company, came in the late 'seventies
within sight of bankruptcy. When France developed grandiose schemes in
Europe and ...
Their great East India Company, weakened by official corruption within and by
the pressure from its rival, the English Company, came in the late 'seventies
within sight of bankruptcy. When France developed grandiose schemes in
Europe and ...
Page 170
In the new British policy of commercial empire which followed the break-up of the
old colonial system,' India was the focal ... After 1783 Englishmen viewed with
concern the penetration of ships from the United States into Indian and Chinese ...
In the new British policy of commercial empire which followed the break-up of the
old colonial system,' India was the focal ... After 1783 Englishmen viewed with
concern the penetration of ships from the United States into Indian and Chinese ...
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(f) INDIA OFFICE (These papers are deposited in the Library of the Office,
Whitehall, London, S.W.I.) Much material for South African history is to be found
among the records of the (English) East India Company, preserved at the India
Office.
(f) INDIA OFFICE (These papers are deposited in the Library of the Office,
Whitehall, London, S.W.I.) Much material for South African history is to be found
among the records of the (English) East India Company, preserved at the India
Office.
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THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 2 |
Climate and Temperature | 9 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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