The Growth of the British Empire, Book V of the Story of the World |
Contents
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VICTORIAQUEEN OF ENGLAND | 16 |
THE GREAT BOER TREK | 21 |
LIVINGSTONES DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL AFRICA | 24 |
THE STORY OF NATAL | 27 |
THE STORY OF CANADA | 33 |
THE DREAM OF CECIL RHODES | 120 |
THE DUTCH REPUBLICS IN SOUTH AFRICA | 125 |
PAGE 1 | 126 |
THE LAND OF THE RISING | 144 |
JAPAN | 150 |
THE ANNEXATION OF BURMA | 159 |
THE STORY OF AFGHANISTAN | 166 |
GORDONTHE HERO OF KHARTUM | 176 |
THE FURTRADERS LAND | 38 |
THE WINNING OF THE WEST | 42 |
A GREAT ARCTIC EXPEDITION | 47 |
DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA | 53 |
THE LAST KING OF FRANCE | 60 |
LOUIS KOSSUTH AND HUNGARY | 66 |
THE CRIMEAN | 72 |
THE INDIAN MUTINY | 79 |
THE AWAKENING OF ITALY | 85 |
KING OF UNITED ITALY | 88 |
CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA | 96 |
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION | 103 |
FOUNDING THE GERMAN EMPIRE | 107 |
THE FRANCOGERMAN | 112 |
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