The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... British were penetrating . British rule began modestly in India . India was still a very long way off , even after the Cape route had been discovered by Vasco da Gama . Merchants and members of the East India Company founded trading ...
... British were penetrating . British rule began modestly in India . India was still a very long way off , even after the Cape route had been discovered by Vasco da Gama . Merchants and members of the East India Company founded trading ...
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... British North Borneo is ruled by a British Char- tered Company under the British Colonial Office . Brunei has a Sultan and a British Resident . But the most interesting part of the island is Sarawak . This strange kingdom , with an area ...
... British North Borneo is ruled by a British Char- tered Company under the British Colonial Office . Brunei has a Sultan and a British Resident . But the most interesting part of the island is Sarawak . This strange kingdom , with an area ...
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... British Government to avail themselves of the provisions of the Empire Settlement Act . New South Wales is to place 6,000 farm set- tlers from this country during the next five years , and Victoria to take 2,000 farm settlers a year for ...
... British Government to avail themselves of the provisions of the Empire Settlement Act . New South Wales is to place 6,000 farm set- tlers from this country during the next five years , and Victoria to take 2,000 farm settlers a year for ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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