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The story of South Africa : an account of the historical transformation of the dark continent by the European powers and the culminating contest between Great Britain and the South African Republic in the Transvaal Wa / by John Clark Ridpath and Edward S. Ellis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900, author.
- Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Colonies--Africa.
- Colonies.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (134 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Story of South Africa
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Massachusetts : King-Richardson Pub. Co., [1899]
- Summary:
- In the case of Africa, centuries of time have been beating out the problem, the solution of which has now begun by the arbitra ment of battle. It were not surprising if the historical interest of the twentieth century should center in that continent which once had for its conspicuous actors the Egyptians and the Carthaginians, and which now has for its contestants the Briton on the one hand and the Boer on the other.
- Contents:
- Portugal colonizes the African Coast
- The Portuguese ascendency
- The Dutch enter Africa
- Great Britain gains a footing
- The share and sphere of Germany
- France and Italy claim their portions
- Congress of Berlin and the Congo State
- Minor claimants and remoter influences
- The epoch of partition
- The two republics
- The Jameson Raid
- Leaders in South Africa
- A country of boundless possibilities
- A royal hunting ground
- The Transvaal point of view
- The English point of view
- Cape Colony
- Darkening skies
- The issue is made up
- Contestants and first blows
- Doubtful and certain allies
- Lyddite and Boer marksmanship
- Great Britain and colonial loyalty
- Orange Free State
- Hope deferred
- The disadvantages of victory
- The tug of war
- On Christmas day, 1899
- The pendulum of battle
- Stories from the battlefield
- Told between battles
- The struggle for Ladysmith.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
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