The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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By their advance along the west coast of Africa the Portuguese disproved the fable that the torrid zone was impassable . By rounding the Cape of Good Hope they opened the continuous waterway from Europe to the eastern seas .
By their advance along the west coast of Africa the Portuguese disproved the fable that the torrid zone was impassable . By rounding the Cape of Good Hope they opened the continuous waterway from Europe to the eastern seas .
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When Cook , on Possession Island , 22 August 1770 , took formal possession of New South Wales , he claimed in the name of George III ' the whole eastern coast together with all the bays , harbours ...
When Cook , on Possession Island , 22 August 1770 , took formal possession of New South Wales , he claimed in the name of George III ' the whole eastern coast together with all the bays , harbours ...
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She was , however , perfectly willing to further their proposals for a Federal Council , and meantime to strengthen the High Commission by placing a Commissioner near the eastern coast of New Guinea " to exercise protection in the name ...
She was , however , perfectly willing to further their proposals for a Federal Council , and meantime to strengthen the High Commission by placing a Commissioner near the eastern coast of New Guinea " to exercise protection in the name ...
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