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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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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The Portuguese failed to understand the political nature of Bantu life and called every chieftain of more than a kraal or two a “ king ” , attributing to each the possession of a definite area ...
The Portuguese failed to understand the political nature of Bantu life and called every chieftain of more than a kraal or two a “ king ” , attributing to each the possession of a definite area ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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