The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1936 - Great Britain |
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... COMPANY 159 schemes for increasing the importance of his government in the eyes of the world . He initiated building operations on a very large scale , as for example , extensive fortifications and a large new hospital , and financed ...
... COMPANY 159 schemes for increasing the importance of his government in the eyes of the world . He initiated building operations on a very large scale , as for example , extensive fortifications and a large new hospital , and financed ...
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... Company laboured under a burden of unpopularity owing to the hardships endured by the settlers through war , rinderpest and depression . In the political arena this unpopularity found vent in a challenge of the Company's right to the ...
... Company laboured under a burden of unpopularity owing to the hardships endured by the settlers through war , rinderpest and depression . In the political arena this unpopularity found vent in a challenge of the Company's right to the ...
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... Company , which in turn combined with the Standard Company and merged with the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company , of which Barney Barnato became a leading shareholder . The leading competing business in the Kimberley mine was ...
... Company , which in turn combined with the Standard Company and merged with the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company , of which Barney Barnato became a leading shareholder . The leading competing business in the Kimberley mine was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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