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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... adventurers in New South Wales and Victoria came naturally from the surrounding colonies , 8000 leaving Van Diemen's Land in 1851 for the diggings.5 But the total emigration to Australia in 1852 , 87,881 in number , reflected the new ...
... adventurers in New South Wales and Victoria came naturally from the surrounding colonies , 8000 leaving Van Diemen's Land in 1851 for the diggings.5 But the total emigration to Australia in 1852 , 87,881 in number , reflected the new ...
Page 529
... adventurers passed across the strait to the American coast and established trading ports to the southward where they trafficked with the aboriginal tribes of Indians.2 In the late eighteenth century Spanish expeditions had come into ...
... adventurers passed across the strait to the American coast and established trading ports to the southward where they trafficked with the aboriginal tribes of Indians.2 In the late eighteenth century Spanish expeditions had come into ...
Page 541
... adventurers were endeavouring to occupy the islands which had been loosely attached to Belize since the eighteenth century . Palmerston sent orders to the Governor of British Honduras to prevent American encroachments , but he was ready ...
... adventurers were endeavouring to occupy the islands which had been loosely attached to Belize since the eighteenth century . Palmerston sent orders to the Governor of British Honduras to prevent American encroachments , but he was ready ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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