The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Vaal drifts and the passes of the Drakensberg . Below the passes , Natal , now practically emptied of its Boer inhabitants , was under British rule , while , beyond the Vaal , the most determined of the Trekkers had reached the ...
... Vaal drifts and the passes of the Drakensberg . Below the passes , Natal , now practically emptied of its Boer inhabitants , was under British rule , while , beyond the Vaal , the most determined of the Trekkers had reached the ...
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... Vaal . In 1857 , however , Adam Kok had been bequeathed the adjacent lands of Cornelis Kok , Griqua Chief at Campbell . Of the nature or position of these lands Harvey had no knowledge , but in order to draw the Free State to a speedy ...
... Vaal . In 1857 , however , Adam Kok had been bequeathed the adjacent lands of Cornelis Kok , Griqua Chief at Campbell . Of the nature or position of these lands Harvey had no knowledge , but in order to draw the Free State to a speedy ...
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... Vaal River , rested on the complete collapse of Dr Philip's Griqua Treaty States and the consequent tendency of the European farmers to possess themselves of the best land . On the Basuto border , where the land was fertile and the ...
... Vaal River , rested on the complete collapse of Dr Philip's Griqua Treaty States and the consequent tendency of the European farmers to possess themselves of the best land . On the Basuto border , where the land was fertile and the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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