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Page 178
Apart from those who followed up the tracks of the explorers , there was a steady pressure of men and flocks into the interior . The nineteen counties , which had marked the early limits of location , had increased in number .
Apart from those who followed up the tracks of the explorers , there was a steady pressure of men and flocks into the interior . The nineteen counties , which had marked the early limits of location , had increased in number .
Page 339
American whalers had followed British into the Pacific before the end of the eighteenth century and continued long to have a substantial share in the Antarctic ...
American whalers had followed British into the Pacific before the end of the eighteenth century and continued long to have a substantial share in the Antarctic ...
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1 New Guinea had been discovered by all the great colonising nations in turn , but nothing followed from these early contacts until in 1828 the Dutch took formal possession of the western half of the island .
1 New Guinea had been discovered by all the great colonising nations in turn , but nothing followed from these early contacts until in 1828 the Dutch took formal possession of the western half of the island .
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