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 70
... Directors should secure for her Gibraltar and the Nootka Sound district ; she even made a sporting bid for Jamaica . These lofty pretensions produced no lasting impression at Paris ; but the Dutch demands for the Cape and Ceylon , urged ...
... Directors should secure for her Gibraltar and the Nootka Sound district ; she even made a sporting bid for Jamaica . These lofty pretensions produced no lasting impression at Paris ; but the Dutch demands for the Cape and Ceylon , urged ...
Page 143
... Directors had to sign and send out whether they concurred or not.1 A perusal of the correspondence between the Board and the Directors reveals , as might be expected , endless friction and accusations of encroachment . During the war ...
... Directors had to sign and send out whether they concurred or not.1 A perusal of the correspondence between the Board and the Directors reveals , as might be expected , endless friction and accusations of encroachment . During the war ...
Page 168
... Directors he described the " obstinate spirit of opposi- tion to my authority , and intrigue against my person , which have rendered the first nine months of my government so ineffective in the establishment of your interests and the ...
... Directors he described the " obstinate spirit of opposi- tion to my authority , and intrigue against my person , which have rendered the first nine months of my government so ineffective in the establishment of your interests and the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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