The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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... Straits were feasible . A group of Devon men , which included William Hawkins and Sir Richard Grenville , favoured the Straits . No one seems to have suggested the Cape route through the Indian Ocean , which was condemned for its ...
... Straits were feasible . A group of Devon men , which included William Hawkins and Sir Richard Grenville , favoured the Straits . No one seems to have suggested the Cape route through the Indian Ocean , which was condemned for its ...
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... Straits of Anian and the North - West Passage . Such was the romance drawn for the Queen's ministers by the South Sea pro- jectors ; and fate appointed one of the hardest realists in history to translate it into fact.1 In 1577 ...
... Straits of Anian and the North - West Passage . Such was the romance drawn for the Queen's ministers by the South Sea pro- jectors ; and fate appointed one of the hardest realists in history to translate it into fact.1 In 1577 ...
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... Straits to the com- munications of Australia with India and China led the Admiralty to arrange for the survey of the region from the western part of the Straits to the eastern extremity of the Louisiade Archipelago , and in the course ...
... Straits to the com- munications of Australia with India and China led the Admiralty to arrange for the survey of the region from the western part of the Straits to the eastern extremity of the Louisiade Archipelago , and in the course ...
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