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... forges blazed by day and night . The patriotic women of Mendoza made blue cloth for the uniforms , and early in January 1817 , all was ready for the start . There was high holiday in the town ; the 4 ACROSS THE ANDES . [ 1817 . streets ...
... forges blazed by day and night . The patriotic women of Mendoza made blue cloth for the uniforms , and early in January 1817 , all was ready for the start . There was high holiday in the town ; the 4 ACROSS THE ANDES . [ 1817 . streets ...
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... nights , endured by these brave soldiers of Argentina , as they struggled over the snow - clad passes . Ridge after ridge rose before them , terrible with ice and snow , treacherous with chasms and precipices . Mules , horses , and men ...
... nights , endured by these brave soldiers of Argentina , as they struggled over the snow - clad passes . Ridge after ridge rose before them , terrible with ice and snow , treacherous with chasms and precipices . Mules , horses , and men ...
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... night , he narrowly escaped death . The Spaniards had hired a man to kill him , and it was only owing to the fact that his secretary was sleeping in his hammock , that the secretary was slain and not Bolivar . A few years later , he ...
... night , he narrowly escaped death . The Spaniards had hired a man to kill him , and it was only owing to the fact that his secretary was sleeping in his hammock , that the secretary was slain and not Bolivar . A few years later , he ...
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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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