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 244
... seemed to them in part godless , in part idolatrous , a tyranny and an anarchy by turns , but always intent upon closing markets to British goods and upon stealing away British trade . It can hardly be wondered that Nelson wished the ...
... seemed to them in part godless , in part idolatrous , a tyranny and an anarchy by turns , but always intent upon closing markets to British goods and upon stealing away British trade . It can hardly be wondered that Nelson wished the ...
Page 255
... seemed to warrant the charge of systematic encroach- ment in order to monopolise the trade of the rivers down to the Gambia . Whether or no their rights on the coast of Madagascar had been ceded with Mauritius , the French were ...
... seemed to warrant the charge of systematic encroach- ment in order to monopolise the trade of the rivers down to the Gambia . Whether or no their rights on the coast of Madagascar had been ceded with Mauritius , the French were ...
Page 549
... seemed to hold , over Britain's head . But the theory which prevailed in Britain for half a century , that the expansion of the Russian empire in Asia arose from a deep plan to conquer India , ranks with the later theory that ...
... seemed to hold , over Britain's head . But the theory which prevailed in Britain for half a century , that the expansion of the Russian empire in Asia arose from a deep plan to conquer India , ranks with the later theory that ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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