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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The coast of South Africa is not favourable for traffic . Long stretches of sandy beach alternate with rocks and cliffs , which in a few instances run out to sea in proud headlands . The bays behind these capes are wide and open ...
The coast of South Africa is not favourable for traffic . Long stretches of sandy beach alternate with rocks and cliffs , which in a few instances run out to sea in proud headlands . The bays behind these capes are wide and open ...
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But it is most probable that the former was brought thither by some Himyarite Arab , and the latter by some Abyssinian trader , as indicated below . Again , with regard to the western coast of Africa , Ptolemy's description gives no ...
But it is most probable that the former was brought thither by some Himyarite Arab , and the latter by some Abyssinian trader , as indicated below . Again , with regard to the western coast of Africa , Ptolemy's description gives no ...
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her own power , for almost everywhere he touched he was treated as an enemy by the coast sultans who tried to overcome him by force or treachery . This happened at Mombasa which he reached on April 7. At Malindi , however , he received ...
her own power , for almost everywhere he touched he was treated as an enemy by the coast sultans who tried to overcome him by force or treachery . This happened at Mombasa which he reached on April 7. At Malindi , however , he received ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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