THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY

OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

VOLUME ONE

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THE

CAMBRIDGE HISTORY

OF THE

BRITISH EMPIRE

General Editors

J. HOLLAND ROSE, M.A., LITT.D.
Vere Harmsworth Professor of Naval History
in the University of Cambridge; Fellow
of Christ's College

A. P. NEWTON, M.A., D.LIT.
Rhodes Professor of Imperial History in
the University of London; Fellow
of King's College, London

E. A. BENIANS, M.A.
Fellow and Senior Tutor of St John's College
Cambridge

VOLUME I

THE OLD EMPIRE

FROM THE BEGINNINGS

TO 1783

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

1929