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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i republics , for the Free State agreed to recognise the rights of the Transvaal to the lands it claimed . Pretorius , it is true , did his utmost to ... The claims of Chiefs like Mahura or Waterboer were laughed at by the diggers .
i republics , for the Free State agreed to recognise the rights of the Transvaal to the lands it claimed . Pretorius , it is true , did his utmost to ... The claims of Chiefs like Mahura or Waterboer were laughed at by the diggers .
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On the strength of these claims , Major Serpa Pinto annexed the Shiré highlands and opposed the navigation of the Zambesi and Shiré Rivers by the African Lakes Company , but Lord Salisbury refused to recognise pretensions based “ on ...
On the strength of these claims , Major Serpa Pinto annexed the Shiré highlands and opposed the navigation of the Zambesi and Shiré Rivers by the African Lakes Company , but Lord Salisbury refused to recognise pretensions based “ on ...
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By the end of the ' seventies the era of independent working of claims was past and , with the legal restrictions of amalgamation removed , exploitation by joint - stock companies began . Cecil Rhodes , who in 1871 as a lad of eighteen ...
By the end of the ' seventies the era of independent working of claims was past and , with the legal restrictions of amalgamation removed , exploitation by joint - stock companies began . Cecil Rhodes , who in 1871 as a lad of eighteen ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
Copyright | |
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