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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... followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light were on their worse as on their better side reminiscent of what had followed the discovery of America . For good and ...
... followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light were on their worse as on their better side reminiscent of what had followed the discovery of America . For good and ...
Page 239
... followed twenty years , from 1640 to 1660 , during which the young communities lost touch with the old . Until the Battle of Worcester the colonies followed their own devices with scarcely a pretence of control from home ; and ...
... followed twenty years , from 1640 to 1660 , during which the young communities lost touch with the old . Until the Battle of Worcester the colonies followed their own devices with scarcely a pretence of control from home ; and ...
Page 357
... followed out . It is sufficient to record that in January 1717 , the compact was framed which linked France , Britain and the Dutch into a Triple Alliance for preserving the peace of Europe on the lines laid down four years earlier ...
... followed out . It is sufficient to record that in January 1717 , the compact was framed which linked France , Britain and the Dutch into a Triple Alliance for preserving the peace of Europe on the lines laid down four years earlier ...
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