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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... sent ambassadors to the priest - king , but these failed to get beyond the Holy Land.2 In 1487 John resolved on a more systematic attempt than ever before to get in touch with Prester John and to open up a direct route to the spice ...
... sent ambassadors to the priest - king , but these failed to get beyond the Holy Land.2 In 1487 John resolved on a more systematic attempt than ever before to get in touch with Prester John and to open up a direct route to the spice ...
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... sent an embassy to Lisbon to obtain the recognition of his independence and assistance against the King of Congo , who in that year had dispatched an army against him which was defeated on the River Dande . The Portuguese Government ...
... sent an embassy to Lisbon to obtain the recognition of his independence and assistance against the King of Congo , who in that year had dispatched an army against him which was defeated on the River Dande . The Portuguese Government ...
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... sent out by the aid of their respective parishes , healthier perhaps than the class just mentioned but not apparently happier in mind , nor less generally demoralised by the untoward in- fluence of their former social condition . On the ...
... sent out by the aid of their respective parishes , healthier perhaps than the class just mentioned but not apparently happier in mind , nor less generally demoralised by the untoward in- fluence of their former social condition . On the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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