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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... Jamaica must be firmly occupied before anything more could be attempted . To Jamaica were sent accordingly a rein- forcement of troops and a number of civilian colonists . Owing to the ill - will of many of the officers in the island ...
... Jamaica must be firmly occupied before anything more could be attempted . To Jamaica were sent accordingly a rein- forcement of troops and a number of civilian colonists . Owing to the ill - will of many of the officers in the island ...
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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell. JAMAICA 245 this with a view to lifting the cloud of ill repute that overhung Jamaica . In 1664 Sir Thomas Modyford of Barbados became governor . He took ...
John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell. JAMAICA 245 this with a view to lifting the cloud of ill repute that overhung Jamaica . In 1664 Sir Thomas Modyford of Barbados became governor . He took ...
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... Jamaica .... Edinburgh , 1740 . LIGON , R. The True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados .... London , 1657 . Valuable rather as a description of the colony by an eyewitness , c . 1650 , than as a record of events . LITTLETON , E ...
... Jamaica .... Edinburgh , 1740 . LIGON , R. The True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados .... London , 1657 . Valuable rather as a description of the colony by an eyewitness , c . 1650 , than as a record of events . LITTLETON , E ...
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