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He had also obtained information from Portuguese friars , who had been in Jerusalem , and sent ambassadors to the priest - king , but these failed to get beyond the Holy Land.2 In 1487 John resolved on a more systematic attempt than ...
He had also obtained information from Portuguese friars , who had been in Jerusalem , and sent ambassadors to the priest - king , but these failed to get beyond the Holy Land.2 In 1487 John resolved on a more systematic attempt than ...
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In 1556 he sent an embassy to Lisbon to obtain the recognition of his independence and assistance against the King of Congo , who in that year had dispatched an army against him which was defeated on the River Dande .
In 1556 he sent an embassy to Lisbon to obtain the recognition of his independence and assistance against the King of Congo , who in that year had dispatched an army against him which was defeated on the River Dande .
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At once Chamberlain saw to it that troopships should call at Cape Town , secretly arranged with Rhodes's Cape ministry for joint imperial and Cape military and financial action , and sent Kruger a virtual ultimatum .
At once Chamberlain saw to it that troopships should call at Cape Town , secretly arranged with Rhodes's Cape ministry for joint imperial and Cape military and financial action , and sent Kruger a virtual ultimatum .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
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