The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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CHAPTER XIV THE FORMATION OF NEW STATES , 1835–1854 ( a ) THE GREAT TREK , 1835-1848 The Great Trek of the Cape frontiersmen is still the central event in South Africa's history . It can be distinguished both from the slow dispersion of ...
CHAPTER XIV THE FORMATION OF NEW STATES , 1835–1854 ( a ) THE GREAT TREK , 1835-1848 The Great Trek of the Cape frontiersmen is still the central event in South Africa's history . It can be distinguished both from the slow dispersion of ...
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It was primarily land hunger and a determination to uphold white privilege that drove the Trekkers out of the colony in their hundreds to seek security and satisfaction in independence . The Great Trek passed through two stages : first ...
It was primarily land hunger and a determination to uphold white privilege that drove the Trekkers out of the colony in their hundreds to seek security and satisfaction in independence . The Great Trek passed through two stages : first ...
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Maitland hoped that his Touwfontein system might be extended over the whole area of the interior covered by the Punishment Act , for everywhere there was confusion caused by the second trek that had been set in motion by Smellekamp's ...
Maitland hoped that his Touwfontein system might be extended over the whole area of the interior covered by the Punishment Act , for everywhere there was confusion caused by the second trek that had been set in motion by Smellekamp's ...
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Contents
THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
Rainfall II | 11 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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