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British East Africa consists of a large area on the mainland, together with the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. For details as to international agreements, &c, with regard to the British sphere in East Africa, see THE STATESMAN’S YEAR-BOOK for 1907, pp. 216 and 217.
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Epstein, M. (1938). Africa.. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270671_4
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