The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... possession of it , in 1876 the Sultan of Keshin engaged , in consideration of a small annual subsidy paid by Great Britain , not to cede the island to any other nation , and never to permit a settlement to be made on it without the ...
... possession of it , in 1876 the Sultan of Keshin engaged , in consideration of a small annual subsidy paid by Great Britain , not to cede the island to any other nation , and never to permit a settlement to be made on it without the ...
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... possession of some other people's country , the British , partly as the original colonisers , and partly as successors to the Dutch , have occupied the southern part of Africa , known as the Cape Colony , spread into the interior ...
... possession of some other people's country , the British , partly as the original colonisers , and partly as successors to the Dutch , have occupied the southern part of Africa , known as the Cape Colony , spread into the interior ...
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... possessions in the West Indies and with little more than a foothold in the Pacific . Spain possesses on the African shore the ... possession since 1704 , and as it " commands the strait " is likely to continue such , unless British ideas ...
... possessions in the West Indies and with little more than a foothold in the Pacific . Spain possesses on the African shore the ... possession since 1704 , and as it " commands the strait " is likely to continue such , unless British ideas ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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