The Boer States: Land and PeopleMethuen & Company, 1900 - 313 pages |
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The Boer States: Land and People (Classic Reprint) Augustus Henry Keane Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
The Boer States: Land and People (Classic Reprint) Augustus Henry Keane Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
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Africa amongst Author Banken Veld Bantu BARING GOULD Basuto Bechuana Bechuanaland Bloemfontein Boer British Burghers Bushmen Cape Colony Cape Town chief Chronicle College commando Convention Crown 8vo Delagoa Bay Demy 8vo district Drakenberg early east eastern England English extended farmers Fcap feet Fellow Fourth Edition Free Staters French frontier German GIBBINS Government Hence HISTORY Hooge Veld Hottentot Imperial Indian Ocean interest Introduction J. S. Fletcher Johannesburg Kaap Kafir Kimberley land language Limpopo Lord Lydenburg M.A. Illustrated MACLAREN COBBAN mainly Mall Gazette Maps Marico ment Natal nation native northern northwards Olifant Outlanders Oxford plateau political present President Kruger Pretoria Rand Randberg region Robert Barr Second Edition settlement settlers slaves social South African Republic southern square miles steppe story Swazi Swaziland Theal Third Edition tion Transvaal tribes upland Vaal Vaalpens Volksraad volume W. E. NORRIS whole Zambesi Zulu Zululand
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