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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When a storm comes .. all navigators flee before it to the great headland ... which is called Tabae— [ Ras Chenarif ? ] .... After four hundred stades [ i.e. 40 geographical miles ] from Tabae navigators reach the village Pano [ Ras ...
When a storm comes .. all navigators flee before it to the great headland ... which is called Tabae— [ Ras Chenarif ? ] .... After four hundred stades [ i.e. 40 geographical miles ] from Tabae navigators reach the village Pano [ Ras ...
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Along the unknown land , moreover , extends an Ethiopian territory for a very long distance called * Agisymba ” . This territory has mountain ranges , including many great ones , as far as the unknown land , which are nameless .
Along the unknown land , moreover , extends an Ethiopian territory for a very long distance called * Agisymba ” . This territory has mountain ranges , including many great ones , as far as the unknown land , which are nameless .
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Dias at last saw land once more near a bay he called dos Vaqueiros , or the Bay of the Cowherds , afterwards known as Aguada de São Braz , our Mossel Bay . There he found certain small people of an ashy brown colour herding cattle ...
Dias at last saw land once more near a bay he called dos Vaqueiros , or the Bay of the Cowherds , afterwards known as Aguada de São Braz , our Mossel Bay . There he found certain small people of an ashy brown colour herding cattle ...
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THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
Rainfall II | 11 |
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