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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Page 64
When a storm comes... all navigators flee before it to the great headland . . .
which is called Tabae—[Ras Chenarif”]. . . . After four hundred stades [i.e. 50
geographical miles] from Tabae navigators reach the village Pano [Ras Binna];
then after ...
When a storm comes... all navigators flee before it to the great headland . . .
which is called Tabae—[Ras Chenarif”]. . . . After four hundred stades [i.e. 50
geographical miles] from Tabae navigators reach the village Pano [Ras Binna];
then after ...
Page 81
Dias at last saw land once more near a bay he called dos Vaqueiros, or the Bay
of the Cowherds, afterwards known as Agoada de São Braz, our Mossel Bay.
There he found certain small people of an ashy brown colour herding cattle, but
as ...
Dias at last saw land once more near a bay he called dos Vaqueiros, or the Bay
of the Cowherds, afterwards known as Agoada de São Braz, our Mossel Bay.
There he found certain small people of an ashy brown colour herding cattle, but
as ...
Page 107
They called the headmen of separate kraals “nobles” and apparently conceived
of them as being in something like a feudal relation to the “kings”.” The use of
these terms and ideas led to serious misconceptions among European writers for
...
They called the headmen of separate kraals “nobles” and apparently conceived
of them as being in something like a feudal relation to the “kings”.” The use of
these terms and ideas led to serious misconceptions among European writers for
...
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Contents
THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 2 |
Climate and Temperature | 9 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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