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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... patent of 1609. This grant was not , like that of Harcourt of 1613 , con- fined to the " Wild Coast " which had never been in Spanish occupa- tion , but boldly laid claim to a slice of territory extending to the South Sea , although it ...
... patent of 1609. This grant was not , like that of Harcourt of 1613 , con- fined to the " Wild Coast " which had never been in Spanish occupa- tion , but boldly laid claim to a slice of territory extending to the South Sea , although it ...
Page 168
... patent was first employed in the grant to Sir George Calvert of a part of Newfoundland , and its application to colonisation may very probably be attributed to his invention . In a previous chapter it was stated that when Guy's Company ...
... patent was first employed in the grant to Sir George Calvert of a part of Newfoundland , and its application to colonisation may very probably be attributed to his invention . In a previous chapter it was stated that when Guy's Company ...
Page 169
... patent . He was naturally regarded with hostility by the Virginians , and they got rid of him by tendering the oath of supremacy which as a recent convert to Roman Catholicism he refused to take . For three years they succeeded in ...
... patent . He was naturally regarded with hostility by the Virginians , and they got rid of him by tendering the oath of supremacy which as a recent convert to Roman Catholicism he refused to take . For three years they succeeded in ...
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