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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... Riebeeck , an experienced and widely travelled ship's surgeon , who had been in the Company's service off and on since 1639. On 24 December 1651 , van Riebeeck set out with three small ships to found the first European settlement at the ...
... Riebeeck , an experienced and widely travelled ship's surgeon , who had been in the Company's service off and on since 1639. On 24 December 1651 , van Riebeeck set out with three small ships to found the first European settlement at the ...
Page 115
... RIEBEECK AT TABLE BAY 115 not . To generation after generation of Directors colonists were anathema.1 2 " 3 A formidable task confronted van Riebeeck when he landed in Table Bay . As he himself expressed it , he had " to bring forth ...
... RIEBEECK AT TABLE BAY 115 not . To generation after generation of Directors colonists were anathema.1 2 " 3 A formidable task confronted van Riebeeck when he landed in Table Bay . As he himself expressed it , he had " to bring forth ...
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... Riebeeck pointed out how un- reasonable this was , they remained unmoved , and only grudgingly allowed a slight and quite inadequate increase.1 The tone of the memorial , " full of sedition and rebellion " , shocked the Directors ...
... Riebeeck pointed out how un- reasonable this was , they remained unmoved , and only grudgingly allowed a slight and quite inadequate increase.1 The tone of the memorial , " full of sedition and rebellion " , shocked the Directors ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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