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 145
... BARBADOS 145 the royal protection and naming him governor for the King in the four islands of St Christopher , Nevis , " Barbados " and Montserrat . No proprietary rights were granted , but the position of the colonists was properly ...
... BARBADOS 145 the royal protection and naming him governor for the King in the four islands of St Christopher , Nevis , " Barbados " and Montserrat . No proprietary rights were granted , but the position of the colonists was properly ...
Page 174
... Barbados and St Christopher , between 1630 and 1640 was enormous in comparison with their limited area , and every scrap of cultivable ground was occupied . Despite the excessive mortality that resulted from ignorance of the means of ...
... Barbados and St Christopher , between 1630 and 1640 was enormous in comparison with their limited area , and every scrap of cultivable ground was occupied . Despite the excessive mortality that resulted from ignorance of the means of ...
Page 821
... Barbados ; whence the adage : " What would poor old England do , were Barbados to forsake her ? " Dr Pinckard also emphasised that the people of Barbados were much too addicted to the pleasures of the table . " In eating they might put ...
... Barbados ; whence the adage : " What would poor old England do , were Barbados to forsake her ? " Dr Pinckard also emphasised that the people of Barbados were much too addicted to the pleasures of the table . " In eating they might put ...
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