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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... reached Calicut on 13 September , 1500 , and on the 18th he had an interview on shore with the Zamorin . Cabral was eminently unsuited for the diplomatic side of his mission , and showed no disposition to consider the sentiments and ...
... reached Calicut on 13 September , 1500 , and on the 18th he had an interview on shore with the Zamorin . Cabral was eminently unsuited for the diplomatic side of his mission , and showed no disposition to consider the sentiments and ...
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... reached Massowah , where he left the greater part of his fleet and sailed with some lighter vessels to Suez , which he found so well guarded that he speedily withdrew , without having destroyed a single Turkish galley . Ône incident in ...
... reached Massowah , where he left the greater part of his fleet and sailed with some lighter vessels to Suez , which he found so well guarded that he speedily withdrew , without having destroyed a single Turkish galley . Ône incident in ...
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... reached the Narbada where , in accordance with Hastings's instructions , he awaited a communication from Mudaji Bhonsle , with whom Hastings hoped to form an alliance thus de- taching him from the Peshwa's party . But Mudaji declined ...
... reached the Narbada where , in accordance with Hastings's instructions , he awaited a communication from Mudaji Bhonsle , with whom Hastings hoped to form an alliance thus de- taching him from the Peshwa's party . But Mudaji declined ...
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