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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... FRENCH , 1784-1815 THE French rivalry must be reckoned in that series of lucky events and fortunate conditions which did so much in the second half of the eighteenth century to ... FRENCH, 1784-1815 By H H DODWELL French adventurers in India.
... FRENCH , 1784-1815 THE French rivalry must be reckoned in that series of lucky events and fortunate conditions which did so much in the second half of the eighteenth century to ... FRENCH, 1784-1815 By H H DODWELL French adventurers in India.
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... French were much too engrossed by their domestic affairs to spare a thought to India ; so that he was left to meet Corn- wallis's attack alone , and had already been reduced to ... FRENCH , 1784-1815 Tipu's embassies The French Revolution.
... French were much too engrossed by their domestic affairs to spare a thought to India ; so that he was left to meet Corn- wallis's attack alone , and had already been reduced to ... FRENCH , 1784-1815 Tipu's embassies The French Revolution.
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... French to regain a positive foothold in India . The treaty which had closed the war merely stipulated for the retrocession of the French and Dutch factories in India and of the Cape and the spice - islands to the Dutch . Ceylon remained ...
... French to regain a positive foothold in India . The treaty which had closed the war merely stipulated for the retrocession of the French and Dutch factories in India and of the Cape and the spice - islands to the Dutch . Ceylon remained ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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