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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... period . It may be said in general that the North Sea trades , handicapped though they were by foreign competition , were yet the most frequented , and produced the greater part of the country's commercial wealth ; whilst the western ...
... period . It may be said in general that the North Sea trades , handicapped though they were by foreign competition , were yet the most frequented , and produced the greater part of the country's commercial wealth ; whilst the western ...
Page 136
... period has been appropriately called " The Great Emigration " . The time was crowded with colonial developments , and the English possessions beyond the seas , which in 1618 consisted of only two weak and unprosperous settlements , had ...
... period has been appropriately called " The Great Emigration " . The time was crowded with colonial developments , and the English possessions beyond the seas , which in 1618 consisted of only two weak and unprosperous settlements , had ...
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... period of expansion a like freedom of intercourse was claimed under this and similar treaties . The Spanish view throughout the period was clearly that the treaties of mutual intercourse were operative only within the " lines of amity ...
... period of expansion a like freedom of intercourse was claimed under this and similar treaties . The Spanish view throughout the period was clearly that the treaties of mutual intercourse were operative only within the " lines of amity ...
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