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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... fleet , and the abandonment of a handful of men to their fate between the departure of one fleet and the arrival of the next , had proved a failure . One can picture the feelings of anxiety and desolation which must have possessed these ...
... fleet , and the abandonment of a handful of men to their fate between the departure of one fleet and the arrival of the next , had proved a failure . One can picture the feelings of anxiety and desolation which must have possessed these ...
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... fleet and that of the viceroy completely destroyed the Zamorin's fleet ; on 10 December Tristão set out for Portugal with a full cargo . Albuquerque remained in Socotra until August , 1507 , arranging for the defences and internal ...
... fleet and that of the viceroy completely destroyed the Zamorin's fleet ; on 10 December Tristão set out for Portugal with a full cargo . Albuquerque remained in Socotra until August , 1507 , arranging for the defences and internal ...
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... fleet of twenty - seven sail for the Red Sea in order to engage the fleet which the sultan of Egypt had been so long preparing at Suez . When he arrived un- expectedly before Aden , the governor , Amir Mirjan , who had been recently ...
... fleet of twenty - seven sail for the Red Sea in order to engage the fleet which the sultan of Egypt had been so long preparing at Suez . When he arrived un- expectedly before Aden , the governor , Amir Mirjan , who had been recently ...
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