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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... Spain . In September Drake's sole surviving ship , the Golden Hind , cast anchor in Plymouth Harbour , ballasted with the gold and silver of Spain's vast and hitherto intact Pacific preserve . At the close of the year Philip II of Spain ...
... Spain . In September Drake's sole surviving ship , the Golden Hind , cast anchor in Plymouth Harbour , ballasted with the gold and silver of Spain's vast and hitherto intact Pacific preserve . At the close of the year Philip II of Spain ...
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... Spain , the Catholic Power , and to divert her colonial wealth to Protestant uses . On the European side it was but slaying the slain , but on the oceanic , if for Catholic we read Bourbon , and for Protestant , British , the doctrine ...
... Spain , the Catholic Power , and to divert her colonial wealth to Protestant uses . On the European side it was but slaying the slain , but on the oceanic , if for Catholic we read Bourbon , and for Protestant , British , the doctrine ...
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... Spain . France seems to have learned the lesson of England's experience with the Asiento , and she did not want it herself . If Spain exercised it , she might gain much of its profits . As things were she had nearly a half share in ...
... Spain . France seems to have learned the lesson of England's experience with the Asiento , and she did not want it herself . If Spain exercised it , she might gain much of its profits . As things were she had nearly a half share in ...
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