South Africa; vol I.
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.....The East had then become the great goal of commerce to others besides the Portuguese. In 1600 our own East India Company was formed, and in 1602 that of the Dutch. Previous to those dates, in 1591, an English sailor, Captain Lancaster, visited the Cape, and in 1620 Englishmen landed and took possession of it in the name of James I. But nothing came of these visitings and declarations, although an attempt was made by Great Britain to establish a house of call for her trade out to the East. For this purpose a small gang of convicts was deposited on Robben Island, which is just off Capetown,...
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- SOUTH AFRICA.
- CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
- SOUTH AFRICA.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER II. EARLY DUTCH HISTORY.
- CHAPTER III. ENGLISH HISTORY.
- CHAPTER IV. POPULATION AND FEDERATION.
- THE CAPE COLONY.
- CHAPTER V. CAPETOWN; THE CAPITAL.
- CHAPTER VI. THE LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE.
- CHAPTER VII. WESTERN PROVINCE.—KNYSNA, GEORGE, AND THE CANGO CAVES.
- CHAPTER VIII. WESTERN PROVINCE, THE PAARL, CERES, AND WORCESTER.
- CHAPTER IX. ROBERTSON, SWELLENDAM, AND SOUTHEY’S PASS.
- CHAPTER X. PORT ELIZABETH AND GRAHAMSTOWN.
- CHAPTER XI. BRITISH KAFRARIA.
- CHAPTER XII. KAFIR SCHOOLS.
- CHAPTER XIII. CONDITION OF THE CAPE COLONY.
- NATAL.
- CHAPTER XIV. NATAL.—HISTORY OF THE COLONY.
- CHAPTER XV. CONDITION OF THE COLONY.—NO. 1.
- CHAPTER XVI. CONDITION OF THE COLONY.—NO. 2.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE ZULUS.
- CHAPTER XVIII. LANGALIBALELE.
- CHAPTER XIX. PIETER MARITZBURG TO NEWCASTLE.
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