The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - 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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Not only did these accidental discoveries embrace the whole west coast , but in 1627 a vessel , separated from an outward - bound squadron , ranged along the southern coast of Australia as far as 133 ° E. , and then retraced her track ...
Not only did these accidental discoveries embrace the whole west coast , but in 1627 a vessel , separated from an outward - bound squadron , ranged along the southern coast of Australia as far as 133 ° E. , and then retraced her track ...
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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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