The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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The Convention of Goa , which produced such beneficial results in the East , had in England the unexpected result of arousing a dangerous competition . Financially the success of the Company had by no means answered expectations .
The Convention of Goa , which produced such beneficial results in the East , had in England the unexpected result of arousing a dangerous competition . Financially the success of the Company had by no means answered expectations .
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The prospect of a considerable extension of commerce as the result of the Convention of Goa , and the apparent inability of the existing Company to take full advantage of this opportunity , provided a plausible excuse for those who were ...
The prospect of a considerable extension of commerce as the result of the Convention of Goa , and the apparent inability of the existing Company to take full advantage of this opportunity , provided a plausible excuse for those who were ...
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One accidental result followed the settlement . In 1793 , Cornwallis was about to leave Bengal : and at last a successor had been found for him . The choice was Shore . The man who was to see the first results of the Permanent ...
One accidental result followed the settlement . In 1793 , Cornwallis was about to leave Bengal : and at last a successor had been found for him . The choice was Shore . The man who was to see the first results of the Permanent ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858 Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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