WHAT WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR DID NOT KNOW
William the Conqueror never sa\tf a gun, though he was the greatest warrior of his age. He never saw gunpowder. He never saw a ship driven .entirely by sails. He never heard of a potato; he never tasted tea or coffee; nor did he know that there was such a thing as tobacco. He never knew of the man-like apes, and never saw a giraffe or a rhinoceros;. I ;
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 11, 1 October 1943, Page 6
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76WHAT WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR DID NOT KNOW Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 11, 1 October 1943, Page 6
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