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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... Spain seized the occasion to raise the question of her rights in the Pacific . At the time , we were getting a large part of Spain's home and colonial trade , and it was not to our interest to provoke controversy or engage in war ...
... Spain seized the occasion to raise the question of her rights in the Pacific . At the time , we were getting a large part of Spain's home and colonial trade , and it was not to our interest to provoke controversy or engage in war ...
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... Spain , which since 1820 had been dominated by a military revolution , Britain hastened to offer media- tion . Villèle , though not unjustifiably militant when informed that Spain was offering Britain a commercial treaty , stood firmly ...
... Spain , which since 1820 had been dominated by a military revolution , Britain hastened to offer media- tion . Villèle , though not unjustifiably militant when informed that Spain was offering Britain a commercial treaty , stood firmly ...
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... Spain , 1838 . LAVAYSSE , J. F. D. Statistical , Commercial and Political Description of Venezuela , - Trinidad , Margarita , and Tobago . 1820 . Voyage aux Iles de Trinidad , Tobago .... 2 vols . Paris , 1813 . M'CALLUM , P. F. ...
... Spain , 1838 . LAVAYSSE , J. F. D. Statistical , Commercial and Political Description of Venezuela , - Trinidad , Margarita , and Tobago . 1820 . Voyage aux Iles de Trinidad , Tobago .... 2 vols . Paris , 1813 . M'CALLUM , P. F. ...
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