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 viii
... natural growth in new lands , by agreement with rival colonial powers , and by occasional war , conquest and annexation . Our Government watched with jealous eyes the security of our commu- nications and the interests of our overseas ...
... natural growth in new lands , by agreement with rival colonial powers , and by occasional war , conquest and annexation . Our Government watched with jealous eyes the security of our commu- nications and the interests of our overseas ...
Page 413
... NATURAL RESOURCES 413 by the Overland route ( Alexandria - Suez ) it took only one month from London to Calcutta . And the steamships prepared the way for the cables which they laid and which followed their course . This was the ...
... NATURAL RESOURCES 413 by the Overland route ( Alexandria - Suez ) it took only one month from London to Calcutta . And the steamships prepared the way for the cables which they laid and which followed their course . This was the ...
Page 441
... natural gifts were those of regulation rather than of creation , and allowing to the most competent of them , James Stephen , full credit for his conscientiousness , and to the most earnest of the parliamentary Under - Secretaries ...
... natural gifts were those of regulation rather than of creation , and allowing to the most competent of them , James Stephen , full credit for his conscientiousness , and to the most earnest of the parliamentary Under - Secretaries ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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