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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... possessed a clear naval superiority in those waters — a sign that they intended to sweep us out of the West Indies ... possessions always spread the levelling contagion . But all the British islands were in danger ; and from none could ...
... possessed a clear naval superiority in those waters — a sign that they intended to sweep us out of the West Indies ... possessions always spread the levelling contagion . But all the British islands were in danger ; and from none could ...
Page 126
... possessions to those on the mainland , and those in the East to insular settlements , such is the result of our recent researches into our colonial system . The affair ( procès ) of the Cape is also irretrievably settled , and all that ...
... possessions to those on the mainland , and those in the East to insular settlements , such is the result of our recent researches into our colonial system . The affair ( procès ) of the Cape is also irretrievably settled , and all that ...
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... possessions . Wynn preferred to balance Singapore , Malacca , and the continental possessions against Billiton and Bencoolen ( which the Company valued and wished to retain as of strategic importance ) and urged that the Dutch should ...
... possessions . Wynn preferred to balance Singapore , Malacca , and the continental possessions against Billiton and Bencoolen ( which the Company valued and wished to retain as of strategic importance ) and urged that the Dutch should ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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