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... British came to play a more aggressive imperial role in the area . BRITISH OCCUPATION OF THE CAPE By the beginning of the 19th century , the small outpost of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape had grown into a sprawling ...
... British came to play a more aggressive imperial role in the area . BRITISH OCCUPATION OF THE CAPE By the beginning of the 19th century , the small outpost of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape had grown into a sprawling ...
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... British intervention , the Transvaalers were able to rise against an increasingly unpopular ad- ministration and defeated the British resoundingly at Majuba in 1881. In 1881 the Convention of Pretoria stip- ulated the continuance of an ...
... British intervention , the Transvaalers were able to rise against an increasingly unpopular ad- ministration and defeated the British resoundingly at Majuba in 1881. In 1881 the Convention of Pretoria stip- ulated the continuance of an ...
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... BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA Shire 1893 Sena Chiromo MOZAMBIQUE Save Beira Sofala Quelimane Mozambique KALAHARI 1884 , TRANSVAAL Vryburg BRITISH Kuruman Pretoria Komati- WITWATERSRAND Delagoa Bay Lourenço Marques INDIAN OCEAN SWAZILAND ...
... BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA Shire 1893 Sena Chiromo MOZAMBIQUE Save Beira Sofala Quelimane Mozambique KALAHARI 1884 , TRANSVAAL Vryburg BRITISH Kuruman Pretoria Komati- WITWATERSRAND Delagoa Bay Lourenço Marques INDIAN OCEAN SWAZILAND ...
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