The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 35
... ADVENTURERS 35 had saved the country from invasion , for that was the purpose with which the French had set out . The Emperor's Peace of Crespy was a serious blow to the old alliance of England with Spain and the Low Countries . There ...
... ADVENTURERS 35 had saved the country from invasion , for that was the purpose with which the French had set out . The Emperor's Peace of Crespy was a serious blow to the old alliance of England with Spain and the Low Countries . There ...
Page 38
... Adventurers , who had never yet succeeded in their aim of monopolising the North Sea cloth trade . But Henry considered himself justified in rating naval efficiency higher than the advantage of the merchants ; and the Hansa , besides ...
... Adventurers , who had never yet succeeded in their aim of monopolising the North Sea cloth trade . But Henry considered himself justified in rating naval efficiency higher than the advantage of the merchants ; and the Hansa , besides ...
Page 440
... Adventurers into Africa " , who received the privilege of incorporation , and the right to hold the land and islands ... Adventurers . The two years of trading from 1660 to 1662 were responsible for great changes both in the organisation ...
... Adventurers into Africa " , who received the privilege of incorporation , and the right to hold the land and islands ... Adventurers . The two years of trading from 1660 to 1662 were responsible for great changes both in the organisation ...
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