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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... hands of one contractor , Johannes Phyffer , an ex - convict and the most notorious smuggler at the Cape , who had ... hand of van der Stel who had apparently deter- mined " to mop the colonists out of the land " . Ruin stared them in ...
... hands of one contractor , Johannes Phyffer , an ex - convict and the most notorious smuggler at the Cape , who had ... hand of van der Stel who had apparently deter- mined " to mop the colonists out of the land " . Ruin stared them in ...
Page 167
... hands of Holland " , wrote Captain Blankett , " will become a sword in the hands of France . " So long as the Cape of Good Hope was merely a half - way house to the Eastern Seas , a useful depôt , held by a small and friendly power ...
... hands of Holland " , wrote Captain Blankett , " will become a sword in the hands of France . " So long as the Cape of Good Hope was merely a half - way house to the Eastern Seas , a useful depôt , held by a small and friendly power ...
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... hand before the coming presidential election.4 At the moment , there were signs that that party was gaining the upper hand . In August 1897 the Industrial Commission reported on the gold industry in terms which the Uitlanders could ...
... hand before the coming presidential election.4 At the moment , there were signs that that party was gaining the upper hand . In August 1897 the Industrial Commission reported on the gold industry in terms which the Uitlanders could ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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