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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 .
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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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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editor | John Holland Rose |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1933 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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