The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1940 - Great Britain |
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... Spain seized the occasion to raise the question of her rights in the Pacific . At the time , we were getting a large part of Spain's home and colonial trade , and it was not to our interest to provoke controversy or engage in war . But ...
... Spain seized the occasion to raise the question of her rights in the Pacific . At the time , we were getting a large part of Spain's home and colonial trade , and it was not to our interest to provoke controversy or engage in war . But ...
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... Spain , which since 1820 had been dominated by a military revolution , Britain hastened to offer media- tion . Villèle , though not unjustifiably militant when informed that Spain was offering Britain a commercial treaty , stood firmly ...
... Spain , which since 1820 had been dominated by a military revolution , Britain hastened to offer media- tion . Villèle , though not unjustifiably militant when informed that Spain was offering Britain a commercial treaty , stood firmly ...
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... Spain , 1838 . LAVAYSSE , J. F. D. Statistical , Commercial and Political Description of Venezuela , Trinidad , Margarita , and Tobago . 1820 . Voyage aux Iles de Trinidad , Tobago .... 2 vols . Paris , 1813 . M'CALLUM , P. F. Political ...
... Spain , 1838 . LAVAYSSE , J. F. D. Statistical , Commercial and Political Description of Venezuela , Trinidad , Margarita , and Tobago . 1820 . Voyage aux Iles de Trinidad , Tobago .... 2 vols . Paris , 1813 . M'CALLUM , P. F. Political ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870 Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Contributor | John Holland Rose |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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