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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So far the settlement had been confined to the peninsula , not so much by van Riebeeck's hedge as by a formidable natural barrier . This was a waste of desolate sandflats , nearly thirty miles wide , stretching from Table Bay in the ...
So far the settlement had been confined to the peninsula , not so much by van Riebeeck's hedge as by a formidable natural barrier . This was a waste of desolate sandflats , nearly thirty miles wide , stretching from Table Bay in the ...
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From 1817 to 1819 lukewarm support was given to general Empire settlement , that is to say , to settlement in Canada and Cape Colony , the only areas in the Empire suitable for European colonisation other than Australia which was ...
From 1817 to 1819 lukewarm support was given to general Empire settlement , that is to say , to settlement in Canada and Cape Colony , the only areas in the Empire suitable for European colonisation other than Australia which was ...
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Placaats issued before 1652 were part of the law brought with them by the founders of the settlement , but after 1652 the settlement was a dependency of the United Netherlands , not of the Province of Holland . The power of legislation ...
Placaats issued before 1652 were part of the law brought with them by the founders of the settlement , but after 1652 the settlement was a dependency of the United Netherlands , not of the Province of Holland . The power of legislation ...
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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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