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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... fisheries of the North Sea were almost wholly monopolised by the Hollanders , who were building up great national prosperity on the produce of their fishing . In the Iceland trade , since Englishmen had to suffer the fierce competition ...
... fisheries of the North Sea were almost wholly monopolised by the Hollanders , who were building up great national prosperity on the produce of their fishing . In the Iceland trade , since Englishmen had to suffer the fierce competition ...
Page 198
... fisheries had set in , and the revival of the industry became an im- portant object of the domestic politics of the country . To this end there arose a desire to prohibit all foreigners , and especially the Dutch , from using the fisheries ...
... fisheries had set in , and the revival of the industry became an im- portant object of the domestic politics of the country . To this end there arose a desire to prohibit all foreigners , and especially the Dutch , from using the fisheries ...
Page 200
... fisheries in the North Sea . So James proceeded in 1609 to claim all the fisheries along the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland and to prohibit foreigners from fishing there without licences . From this time the English claim to the ...
... fisheries in the North Sea . So James proceeded in 1609 to claim all the fisheries along the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland and to prohibit foreigners from fishing there without licences . From this time the English claim to the ...
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