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chaplains in Batavia reminded the Dutch Governor - General that the law of
Moses forbade the toleration of non - Christian religions , he replied that the laws
of the old Jewish republics had no force in the territory of the Dutch East India ...
chaplains in Batavia reminded the Dutch Governor - General that the law of
Moses forbade the toleration of non - Christian religions , he replied that the laws
of the old Jewish republics had no force in the territory of the Dutch East India ...
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It was the same with the Dutch discovery of the west coast . As early as 1611
Captain Brouwer had tried a new route from the Cape of Good Hope to Djakarta .
To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand
miles ...
It was the same with the Dutch discovery of the west coast . As early as 1611
Captain Brouwer had tried a new route from the Cape of Good Hope to Djakarta .
To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand
miles ...
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49 On the day the Dutch press announced the departure of the first fleet for
Botany Bay at the end of May 1787 , they did not indulge in any wistful
reminiscing , any sentimental recreation of those days when their men of vision ,
the Brouwers ...
49 On the day the Dutch press announced the departure of the first fleet for
Botany Bay at the end of May 1787 , they did not indulge in any wistful
reminiscing , any sentimental recreation of those days when their men of vision ,
the Brouwers ...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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