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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... remained undisturbed in his governorship . To him is un- doubtedly due the chief credit for establishing the English possession of the Leeward Islands on a firm basis . The French had suffered much more than the English in the Spanish ...
... remained undisturbed in his governorship . To him is un- doubtedly due the chief credit for establishing the English possession of the Leeward Islands on a firm basis . The French had suffered much more than the English in the Spanish ...
Page 181
... remained behind , but they were quite unorganised , and it was not until ten years later that another attempt at systematic colonisation was undertaken . Sir David Kirke , it will be remembered , 1 had been deprived of his conquest of ...
... remained behind , but they were quite unorganised , and it was not until ten years later that another attempt at systematic colonisation was undertaken . Sir David Kirke , it will be remembered , 1 had been deprived of his conquest of ...
Page 233
... remained under the jurisdiction of its chartered company , twice reorganised during the Interregnum . Newfoundland , under its royalist governor , Sir David Kirke , had been hostile to the Puritan party in the Civil War . In 1651 ...
... remained under the jurisdiction of its chartered company , twice reorganised during the Interregnum . Newfoundland , under its royalist governor , Sir David Kirke , had been hostile to the Puritan party in the Civil War . In 1651 ...
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