The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... centuries ; then it gradually began to decline . Portuguese records of the early sixteenth century ( which , incidentally , name many tribes still existing to - day ) speak of the great Karanga kingdom of Monomotapa which centred in ...
... centuries ; then it gradually began to decline . Portuguese records of the early sixteenth century ( which , incidentally , name many tribes still existing to - day ) speak of the great Karanga kingdom of Monomotapa which centred in ...
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... century . The information which he gives is taken from Al Biruni of the eleventh century , but was equally true of his own age . It states that although men sailed no further than Sofala because of rough waters , yet they had sure proof ...
... century . The information which he gives is taken from Al Biruni of the eleventh century , but was equally true of his own age . It states that although men sailed no further than Sofala because of rough waters , yet they had sure proof ...
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... century , were paid , and though these dividends were reduced to 124 per cent in the second half of the century , they were continued at that rate till 1782 whether the Com- pany had made a profit or not . By that time the Company had ...
... century , were paid , and though these dividends were reduced to 124 per cent in the second half of the century , they were continued at that rate till 1782 whether the Com- pany had made a profit or not . By that time the Company had ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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