The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... North - West Africa the course of exploration was closely bound up with the Niger problem , so in the north - east the ancient riddle of the Nile source was responsible in a large measure for the progress of geographical knowledge . But ...
... North - West Africa the course of exploration was closely bound up with the Niger problem , so in the north - east the ancient riddle of the Nile source was responsible in a large measure for the progress of geographical knowledge . But ...
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... North - West Territory.1 The misfortune that attended the Grand Trunk Railway delayed for two decades investment in large capital construction in Canada . The Canadians were quickly able to supply their own needs for floating capital ...
... North - West Territory.1 The misfortune that attended the Grand Trunk Railway delayed for two decades investment in large capital construction in Canada . The Canadians were quickly able to supply their own needs for floating capital ...
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... North , Frederick , 2nd Earl of Guilford ( 1732-92 ) , 4 ; 14 ; does not support abolition of slave trade , 196 North , Frederick , 5th Earl of Guilford ( 1766-1827 ) , Governor of Ceylon , 76-8 ; 110 ; 167-70 , 171 North Australian ...
... North , Frederick , 2nd Earl of Guilford ( 1732-92 ) , 4 ; 14 ; does not support abolition of slave trade , 196 North , Frederick , 5th Earl of Guilford ( 1766-1827 ) , Governor of Ceylon , 76-8 ; 110 ; 167-70 , 171 North Australian ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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