The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 92
... Portuguese , while men of his crews who fled to the mainland fell into the hands of the cannibal " Muzimbas " and were killed and eaten by them . Native navigation was regulated as in India , but with far less difficulty ; the dhows had ...
... Portuguese , while men of his crews who fled to the mainland fell into the hands of the cannibal " Muzimbas " and were killed and eaten by them . Native navigation was regulated as in India , but with far less difficulty ; the dhows had ...
Page 109
... Portuguese resources subservient to her disastrous European adventures . The posts were thus cast back upon them- selves and there was a progressive decline , an enfeebling of the European stock by admixture with African blood , and a ...
... Portuguese resources subservient to her disastrous European adventures . The posts were thus cast back upon them- selves and there was a progressive decline , an enfeebling of the European stock by admixture with African blood , and a ...
Page 110
... Portuguese victories at Pungu a Ndongo in 1671 and at Katole in 1683 , when the last Ngola was taken and beheaded . In 1685 the fortress of Kakonda , over 150 miles from the coast , was founded . After the Dutch had been driven out ...
... Portuguese victories at Pungu a Ndongo in 1671 and at Katole in 1683 , when the last Ngola was taken and beheaded . In 1685 the fortress of Kakonda , over 150 miles from the coast , was founded . After the Dutch had been driven out ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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