The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Later writers and later maps show similar ideas , and very few authorities show Ptolemy's endless land . In the seventh century the Arabs swept in ; they conquered all the northern parts of Africa from the Red Sea to the Atlantic and ...
... Later writers and later maps show similar ideas , and very few authorities show Ptolemy's endless land . In the seventh century the Arabs swept in ; they conquered all the northern parts of Africa from the Red Sea to the Atlantic and ...
Page 174
... ( later Lord Keith ) and Commodore Blankett , sailed from England with a military force of close upon 1600 men under Major - General James Henry Craig . Some time later a third and much more formidable force , comprising fourteen ships ...
... ( later Lord Keith ) and Commodore Blankett , sailed from England with a military force of close upon 1600 men under Major - General James Henry Craig . Some time later a third and much more formidable force , comprising fourteen ships ...
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... later , was made the sole medium of instruction in the schools in the Cape Colony , by which time it was the language of polite society , whether British or Afrikaner , in the Old Colony and , of course , in Natal . Where Dutch was ...
... later , was made the sole medium of instruction in the schools in the Cape Colony , by which time it was the language of polite society , whether British or Afrikaner , in the Old Colony and , of course , in Natal . Where Dutch was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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