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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... claims were presently settled , and a British Protectorate proclaimed over the Pondo coasts by the High Com- missioner ( 5 July 1885 ) . The two Pondolands retained their independence for a while , for the German Government raised claims ...
... claims were presently settled , and a British Protectorate proclaimed over the Pondo coasts by the High Com- missioner ( 5 July 1885 ) . The two Pondolands retained their independence for a while , for the German Government raised claims ...
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... claims 31 feet wide , which yawned in chasms , as much as 60 feet deep on each side as the quarrying proceeded . The workers ( many of whom had only a quarter claim ) descended by ladders of handholes to each claim and hauled up their ...
... claims 31 feet wide , which yawned in chasms , as much as 60 feet deep on each side as the quarrying proceeded . The workers ( many of whom had only a quarter claim ) descended by ladders of handholes to each claim and hauled up their ...
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... claims in the Kimberley mine , had by 1875 , with his partner C. D. Rudd , transferred thence to the De Beers mine , and , profiting by the mistakes at Kimberley , was amalgamating claims there with a view of dominating the whole mine ...
... claims in the Kimberley mine , had by 1875 , with his partner C. D. Rudd , transferred thence to the De Beers mine , and , profiting by the mistakes at Kimberley , was amalgamating claims there with a view of dominating the whole mine ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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