The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... colonists . By 1655 the Company had been farming for three years on its own account and the results had been most disappointing . At this junc- ture , a casual sentence in a letter from the XVII gave van Riebeeck the opportunity for ...
... colonists . By 1655 the Company had been farming for three years on its own account and the results had been most disappointing . At this junc- ture , a casual sentence in a letter from the XVII gave van Riebeeck the opportunity for ...
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... colonists in their rights " , van Goens gave instructions that one of their seniors should have a seat on the Council of Justice , whenever a case involving colonists came up for trial . This was the sole representative element at ...
... colonists in their rights " , van Goens gave instructions that one of their seniors should have a seat on the Council of Justice , whenever a case involving colonists came up for trial . This was the sole representative element at ...
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... colonists was estab- lished , the settlement could not be confined within any ring fence . The colonists would labour to extend their holdings and their herds . Their natural increase would burst through van Riebeeck's barrier as easily ...
... colonists was estab- lished , the settlement could not be confined within any ring fence . The colonists would labour to extend their holdings and their herds . Their natural increase would burst through van Riebeeck's barrier as easily ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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