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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... island of Pulo Run2 ( in the Bandas ) , and provided for the payment of damages to the representatives of those Englishmen who had suffered at Amboina in 1623. Of these decisions the most unpalatable to the Dutch was the second , since ...
... island of Pulo Run2 ( in the Bandas ) , and provided for the payment of damages to the representatives of those Englishmen who had suffered at Amboina in 1623. Of these decisions the most unpalatable to the Dutch was the second , since ...
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... island . The Sinhalese language was strongly affected by both . Nearly all the words con- nected with building are of Portuguese origin , for the ancient houses of the Sinhalese were rude and primitive structures . In the same way ...
... island . The Sinhalese language was strongly affected by both . Nearly all the words con- nected with building are of Portuguese origin , for the ancient houses of the Sinhalese were rude and primitive structures . In the same way ...
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... island in 1800 , the campaign in Candy in 1803 , and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804. 2 vols . 1807 . DAVY , JOHN . An account of the interior of Ceylon , and of its inhabitants ; with travels in that island . 1821 . D'OYLY , Sir JOHN ...
... island in 1800 , the campaign in Candy in 1803 , and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804. 2 vols . 1807 . DAVY , JOHN . An account of the interior of Ceylon , and of its inhabitants ; with travels in that island . 1821 . D'OYLY , Sir JOHN ...
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