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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... 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 . In the course of their explorations they ...
... 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 . In the course of their explorations they ...
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... coast together with all the bays , harbours , rivers and islands situated upon the said coast " . Neither Cook's Journals nor his charts gave much assistance to the officials who prepared Phillip's commission . They were concerned only ...
... coast together with all the bays , harbours , rivers and islands situated upon the said coast " . Neither Cook's Journals nor his charts gave much assistance to the officials who prepared Phillip's commission . They were concerned only ...
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... coast from East Cape westwards to the 145th parallel . The object of this extension was to bring in the so - called Mackay Coast where British protection had long been desired . But when the German Government protested against the ...
... coast from East Cape westwards to the 145th parallel . The object of this extension was to bring in the so - called Mackay Coast where British protection had long been desired . But when the German Government protested against the ...
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