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 442
... claim of the Free State , at least to the land on its own side of the Vaal River , rested on the complete collapse of Dr Philip's Griqua Treaty States and the consequent tendency of the European farmers to possess themselves of the best ...
... claim of the Free State , at least to the land on its own side of the Vaal River , rested on the complete collapse of Dr Philip's Griqua Treaty States and the consequent tendency of the European farmers to possess themselves of the best ...
Page 463
... claim to the bay , then reasserted their title by erecting another fort . The bay narrows into an estuary . On the northern bank Captain W. F. Owen , on one of his surveying cruises along the coast in 1823 , had found a small Portuguese ...
... claim to the bay , then reasserted their title by erecting another fort . The bay narrows into an estuary . On the northern bank Captain W. F. Owen , on one of his surveying cruises along the coast in 1823 , had found a small Portuguese ...
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... claims made in the fifteenth century . After the failure of the Anglo - Portu- guese agreement of 1884,5 she had made treaties with France and Germany which recognised her claim to all the territory right across the continent between ...
... claims made in the fifteenth century . After the failure of the Anglo - Portu- guese agreement of 1884,5 she had made treaties with France and Germany which recognised her claim to all the territory right across the continent between ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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