The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 76
... Company's rule of 140 years had , in 1796 , easily collapsed ; and after the British occupation of Colombo several of the Dutch officials and clergy were supported by the British authorities.1 But thereafter the British East India Company ...
... Company's rule of 140 years had , in 1796 , easily collapsed ; and after the British occupation of Colombo several of the Dutch officials and clergy were supported by the British authorities.1 But thereafter the British East India Company ...
Page 592
... Company's plantations . Its principal attraction had lain in the opportunities which it offered to the Company's servants employed there for a clandestine trade in opium with the Dutch in Java . The archipelago had always offered a ...
... Company's plantations . Its principal attraction had lain in the opportunities which it offered to the Company's servants employed there for a clandestine trade in opium with the Dutch in Java . The archipelago had always offered a ...
Page 640
... Company's service , hard and dangerous to life and health as it was known to be . Trade was only maintained by constant payments of blackmail and incessant bickering and bargaining for the removal of obstruc- tions . Even when ...
... Company's service , hard and dangerous to life and health as it was known to be . Trade was only maintained by constant payments of blackmail and incessant bickering and bargaining for the removal of obstruc- tions . Even when ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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