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 colonist in British North America was free to grow what he liked and to sell his produce at the best possible price , and ( the Act of Navigation notwithstanding ) in the best possible market.3 The Cape colonist was to be forced to ...
The colonist in British North America was free to grow what he liked and to sell his produce at the best possible price , and ( the Act of Navigation notwithstanding ) in the best possible market.3 The Cape colonist was to be forced to ...
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It is desirable " , he wrote , " to knit and tie this colony to the Mother Country as much as possible " , and to abolish its commercial dependence upon the East India Company.1 However much Henry Dundas might agree with this last point ...
It is desirable " , he wrote , " to knit and tie this colony to the Mother Country as much as possible " , and to abolish its commercial dependence upon the East India Company.1 However much Henry Dundas might agree with this last point ...
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In the case of the Namaquas it was not possible , as it had been in that of the Hereros at the Waterberg , to bring off a combined attack . From the beginning the Namaqua war was of the guerilla type and thus proved most exhausting ...
In the case of the Namaquas it was not possible , as it had been in that of the Hereros at the Waterberg , to bring off a combined attack . From the beginning the Namaqua war was of the guerilla type and thus proved most exhausting ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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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 | 12 Jun 2008 |
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