The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 215
... Britain was prepared to undertake on behalf of the Netherlands . The Prince admitted the force of the argument that , if the British public was to be reconciled " to burthens of such magnitude " , it was necessary for Castlereagh to ...
... Britain was prepared to undertake on behalf of the Netherlands . The Prince admitted the force of the argument that , if the British public was to be reconciled " to burthens of such magnitude " , it was necessary for Castlereagh to ...
Page 216
... Britain discharged liabilities which properly belonged to the Dutch was Castlereagh's only chance of obtaining parliamentary approval . After two decades of war with Great Britain , Holland was treated with moderation , if not with ...
... Britain discharged liabilities which properly belonged to the Dutch was Castlereagh's only chance of obtaining parliamentary approval . After two decades of war with Great Britain , Holland was treated with moderation , if not with ...
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... Britain came most obviously into collision . The geographical dis- tribution of the German colonies , situated on the opposite coasts of Africa , inspired the inevitable desire to link them up by a methodical expansion from east to west ...
... Britain came most obviously into collision . The geographical dis- tribution of the German colonies , situated on the opposite coasts of Africa , inspired the inevitable desire to link them up by a methodical expansion from east to west ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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