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 104
... Portuguese from the coast and thus enabled Dias to undertake another campaign . Thanks in a large measure to the enthusiasm which this patriotic priest roused in the small body of Portuguese soldiers , they won a decisive victory over ...
... Portuguese from the coast and thus enabled Dias to undertake another campaign . Thanks in a large measure to the enthusiasm which this patriotic priest roused in the small body of Portuguese soldiers , they won a decisive victory over ...
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 569 | 15 |
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