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This is a concise but comprehensive history of the Boer War fought between the British and native South Africans. Here's an excerpt from the beginning of the book:"The war in South Africa has been no exception to the general rule that the origin of current events is to be sought in the history of the past, and their present course to be understood by an appreciation of existing conditions, which decisively control it. This is especially true of the matter here before us; because the southern ext... This is a concise but comprehensive history of the Boer War fought between the British and native South Africans. Here's an excerpt from the beginning of the book:"The war in South Africa has been no exception to the general rule that the origin of current events is to be sought in the history of the past, and their present course to be understood by an appreciation of existing conditions, which decisively control it. This is especially true of the matter here before us; because the southern extreme of Africa, like to that of the American continent, has heretofore lain far outside of the common interest, and therefore of the accurate knowledge, of mankind at large. The Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn, in themselves remote, tempestuous, and comparatively unproductive regions, for centuries derived importance merely from the fact that by those ways alone the European world found access to the shores of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The application of steam to ocean navigation, and the opening of the Suez Canal, have greatly modified conditions, by diverting travel from the two Capes to the Canal and to the Straits of Magellan. It is only within a very few years that South Africa, thus diminished in consequence as a station upon a leading commercial highway, has received compensation by the discovery of great mineral wealth.Thus separated from the rest of the world, by lack of intrinsic value as a region producing materials necessary to the common good, the isolation of South Africa was further increased by physical conditions, which not only retarded colonisation and development, but powerfully affected the character and the mutual relations of the European settlers. Portuguese mariners, after more than half a century of painful groping downward along the West African coast in search of a sea route to India that vague tradition asserted could there be found, in 1486 rounded the Cape of Good Hope, which then received the despondent name of the Cape of Storms from its first discoverer, Bartholomew Diaz."Taal: Engels;Afmetingen: 5x229x152 mm;Gewicht: 127,00 gram;Verschijningsdatum: februari 2015;ISBN10: 150862478X;ISBN13: 9781508624783; Engelstalig | Paperback | 2015.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR THE THEATRE OF THE WAR The war in South Africa has been no exception to the general rule that the origin of current events is to be sought in the history of the past, and their present course to be understood by an appreciation of existing conditions, which decisively control it. This is especially true of the matter here before us; because the southern extreme of Africa, like to that of the American continent, has heretofore lain far outside of the common interest, and therefore of the accurate knowledge, of mankind at large. The Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn, in themselves remote, tempestuous, and comparatively unproductive regions, for centuries derived importance merely from the fact that by those ways alone the European world found access to the shores of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The application of steam to ocean navigation, and the opening of the Suez Canal, have greatly modified conditions, by diverting travel from the two Capes to the Canal and to the Straits of Magellan. It is only within a very few years that South Africa, thus diminished in consequence as a station upon a leading commercial highway, has received compensation by the discovery of great mineral wealth. Thus separated from the rest of the world, by lack of intrinsic value as a region producing materials necessary to the common good, the isolation of South Africa was further increased by physical conditions, which not only retarded colonisation and development, but powerfully affected the character and the mutual relations of the European settlers. Portuguese mariners, after more than half a century of painful groping downward along the West African coast in search of a sea route to India that vague tradition asserted could there be found, in 1486 rounded the Cape of Good Hope, which then received the despondent name of the Cape of Storms from its first discoverer, Bartholomew Diaz. Vasco da Gama, following him in 1497, gave to it its present auspicious title, which was to him of sound augury; for he then passed on to explore the East coast and to find the long-desired Indies. It was, however, the latter which constituted the Portuguese goal. Africa was to them primarily the half-way house, where to refresh their ships on the long voyage to Hindustan, which then took near a year to complete. For this purpose they established themselves on the island of Mozambique, and gradually took possession of the country to this day known as Portuguese East Africa Inhoud:Taal: Engels;Bindwijze: Paperback;Verschijningsdatum: februari 2020;Aantal pagina's: 128 pagina's; Betrokkenen:Auteur: Alfred Thayer Mahan;Uitgever: Independently Published; EAN: Overige kenmerken:Extra groot lettertype: Nee;Thema Subject Code: NH; Engels | Paperback | 9798605360964 | 128 pagina'S.

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Story-of-the-War-in-South-Africa-1899-1900~~Mahan-A-T-Alfred-Thayer, Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900, Paperback.

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Story-Of-The-War-In-South-Africa-1899-1900~~Alfred-T-Mahan, Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900, Paperback.

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2010, Englisch, Für dieses Buch liegt noch keine Inhaltsbeschreibung vor.

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Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900: Paperback: Hardpress Publishing: 9781318860890: 23 Jun 2016.

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A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by MVB E-Books.

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