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... Fort Jesus towards the end of the seventeenth century , when all the Christians of Mombasa and more than two thousand other people took refuge there . The Arabs of Oman had arrived in great force to drive the Portuguese out of East ...
... Fort Jesus towards the end of the seventeenth century , when all the Christians of Mombasa and more than two thousand other people took refuge there . The Arabs of Oman had arrived in great force to drive the Portuguese out of East ...
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... Fort San Sebastian at Mozambique has a similar well in the courtyard . A passage leads off the shaft . San Sebastian was used as a prison when I was there in 1923 ; and the guide informed me that convicts who were ... Fort Jesus MOMBASA 19.
... Fort San Sebastian at Mozambique has a similar well in the courtyard . A passage leads off the shaft . San Sebastian was used as a prison when I was there in 1923 ; and the guide informed me that convicts who were ... Fort Jesus MOMBASA 19.
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in the ground of the island , and Fort Jesus has one . All other flags , even at Government House , are flown from masts fastened to the buildings . A narrow walk on the ramparts of Fort Jesus is known as Vasco da Gama's Walk , ' though ...
in the ground of the island , and Fort Jesus has one . All other flags , even at Government House , are flown from masts fastened to the buildings . A narrow walk on the ramparts of Fort Jesus is known as Vasco da Gama's Walk , ' though ...
Contents
A GLIMPSE OF THE STRATOSPHERE BY ANTHONY SMYTHE | 35 |
ANIMALS LET YOU DOWN BY J K STANFORD | 384 |
ON HORSEBACK IN THE TRUCIAL STATES BY CAPTAIN A J RUNDELL R A | 465 |
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