The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain

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... 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 overseas ...
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... India . " The produce as well as the locality of the Cape command the Coast of Africa ; ... Madagascar and the Brazils de- pend on the system that may be adopted . The Americans who still persevere in their trade to India and China ...
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... India Company , preserved at the India Office . Within the series of ' Factory records ” is a “ Cape of Good Hope ” section of 24 volumes ( vols . 1-5 , Miscellaneous correspondence , 1773-1823 ; vols . 6-9 , Letters from the Cape ...

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CHAPTER I
1
Southern African Rivers
7
The Karoo and the Kalahari
15
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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1963
Original fromthe University of California
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