The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 76
... attempt on the part of the Catholic powers to infringe the monopoly claimed by Lisbon ; and if the union of the crowns of Spain and Portugal in 1580 exposed the latter to the attacks of the revolted Netherlands , on the other hand it ...
... attempt on the part of the Catholic powers to infringe the monopoly claimed by Lisbon ; and if the union of the crowns of Spain and Portugal in 1580 exposed the latter to the attacks of the revolted Netherlands , on the other hand it ...
Page 153
... attempted before in the period of confusion at the beginning of the century , of establishing a rotation government ... attempt of the Dutch to supplant English influence with the nawab . Although the centre of Dutch power and wealth ...
... attempted before in the period of confusion at the beginning of the century , of establishing a rotation government ... attempt of the Dutch to supplant English influence with the nawab . Although the centre of Dutch power and wealth ...
Page 305
... attempt at reconstruction in Benares and Oudh . Bristow had not succeeded in recovering the Company's balances from ... attempted to tyrannise over the nawab , and that the nawab himself , and his minister , Haidar Beg Khan , whom he had ...
... attempt at reconstruction in Benares and Oudh . Bristow had not succeeded in recovering the Company's balances from ... attempted to tyrannise over the nawab , and that the nawab himself , and his minister , Haidar Beg Khan , whom he had ...
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