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 76
... Spaniards and Portuguese ] are planted , but only to seek their traffic by their own discoveries in other places , whereof there are so infinite dimensions of vast and great territories as themselves have no kind of interest in . " 2 ...
... Spaniards and Portuguese ] are planted , but only to seek their traffic by their own discoveries in other places , whereof there are so infinite dimensions of vast and great territories as themselves have no kind of interest in . " 2 ...
Page 124
... Spaniards , with greatly improved ships , contested the mastery at sea1 and gained ground in northern and western France . The danger to our coasts was obvious in 1595 when from Blavet in Brittany an enterprising Spanish captain ...
... Spaniards , with greatly improved ships , contested the mastery at sea1 and gained ground in northern and western France . The danger to our coasts was obvious in 1595 when from Blavet in Brittany an enterprising Spanish captain ...
Page 187
... Spaniards subsequently dis- agreed as to the situation of the prime meridian ; the latter recognised what corresponded roughly to that set forth in the Portuguese demarca- tion line of the bull of 1454 and the Spanish line of the bull ...
... Spaniards subsequently dis- agreed as to the situation of the prime meridian ; the latter recognised what corresponded roughly to that set forth in the Portuguese demarca- tion line of the bull of 1454 and the Spanish line of the bull ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Nov 2006 |
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