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 215
... settlement of the Low Countries , in union with Holland " -a phrase to be elucidated later . The Cape and the three Guiana colonies were ceded to Great Britain " in consideration and in satisfaction of the above engagements " . This ...
... settlement of the Low Countries , in union with Holland " -a phrase to be elucidated later . The Cape and the three Guiana colonies were ceded to Great Britain " in consideration and in satisfaction of the above engagements " . This ...
Page 224
... settlement was long and arduous , and all the more so because assisted immigration even to Canada was still frowned upon . In 1814 , while the cession of the Cape was still in doubt , Richard Fisher , a merchant who was interested in ...
... settlement was long and arduous , and all the more so because assisted immigration even to Canada was still frowned upon . In 1814 , while the cession of the Cape was still in doubt , Richard Fisher , a merchant who was interested in ...
Page 225
... SETTLEMENT 225 ment was now prepared to encourage the cultivation of larger holdings in the North American Colonies and at the Cape by granting to any individual 100 acres for every settler whom he engaged himself to take out and ...
... SETTLEMENT 225 ment was now prepared to encourage the cultivation of larger holdings in the North American Colonies and at the Cape by granting to any individual 100 acres for every settler whom he engaged himself to take out and ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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