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Jan 8 • 14:17 UTC • 🇭🇷 Croatia • Index.hr

How the British Route to India Was Secured in 1806

The British conquest of the Cape Colony in 1806 was a pivotal event in the global competition among European powers for control of maritime routes to India and the Far East.

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