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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Collins's sug- gestions are important because they combined general principles into a comprehensive and practical system which was afterwards in large measure carried out by Somerset . For several reasons Caledon was not prepared to ...
Collins's sug- gestions are important because they combined general principles into a comprehensive and practical system which was afterwards in large measure carried out by Somerset . For several reasons Caledon was not prepared to ...
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Apprenticeship , which carried with it no necessity of regular instruction of any kind , was little more than a device for securing long - term indentured servants . The whole practice , excused on the ground that discipline was ...
Apprenticeship , which carried with it no necessity of regular instruction of any kind , was little more than a device for securing long - term indentured servants . The whole practice , excused on the ground that discipline was ...
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Whereas British legislation en- couraged the building of slow vessels of large carrying capacity , the American shipbuilders had learned to build for speed . In 1797-8 , the convoy which carried Lord Macartney and his staff to the Cape ...
Whereas British legislation en- couraged the building of slow vessels of large carrying capacity , the American shipbuilders had learned to build for speed . In 1797-8 , the convoy which carried Lord Macartney and his staff to the Cape ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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