The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1936 - Great Britain |
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Page 109
... Dutch attacks came later than on the east and were closely associated with the ambitious schemes of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil . Count Maurice of Nassau , who was endeavouring to build up a great Dutch colony there , desired ...
... Dutch attacks came later than on the east and were closely associated with the ambitious schemes of the Dutch West India Company in Brazil . Count Maurice of Nassau , who was endeavouring to build up a great Dutch colony there , desired ...
Page 169
... Dutch pledged themselves to afford each other specified armed assistance , neither side to make peace without the consent of the other . A separate clause provided for naval and military co - operation in the East , where British and Dutch ...
... Dutch pledged themselves to afford each other specified armed assistance , neither side to make peace without the consent of the other . A separate clause provided for naval and military co - operation in the East , where British and Dutch ...
Page 171
... Dutch Company while stationed in a Dutch colony.1 But to the minds of British ministers the authority of the Stadtholderate overseas was too precarious to admit of such a condition . An impasse had been reached . The decisive events ...
... Dutch Company while stationed in a Dutch colony.1 But to the minds of British ministers the authority of the Stadtholderate overseas was too precarious to admit of such a condition . An impasse had been reached . The decisive events ...
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