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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... 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 north to 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 north to the ...
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... 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 saddled with the convict problem . The preponderating motive was the ...
... 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 saddled with the convict problem . The preponderating motive was the ...
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... SETTLEMENT 799 problem of combating agricultural pests and livestock diseases . Neglect by any one farmer to deal at an early stage with a fresh outbreak brought to naught the best efforts of many others to eradicate these evils ...
... SETTLEMENT 799 problem of combating agricultural pests and livestock diseases . Neglect by any one farmer to deal at an early stage with a fresh outbreak brought to naught the best efforts of many others to eradicate these evils ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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