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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... Asiento was granted to the French Guinea Company.1 Jealousy of France from this time forward reinforced other motives for making English statesmen desire the Asiento . The Spanish slave trade , however , was valued not only for itself ...
... Asiento was granted to the French Guinea Company.1 Jealousy of France from this time forward reinforced other motives for making English statesmen desire the Asiento . The Spanish slave trade , however , was valued not only for itself ...
Page 340
... Asiento were a pound of flesh in more senses than one , since they could not be taken alone . It had been clear from the beginning that , if Spanish policy permitted it , she could make the whole grant of no effect . This was the lesson ...
... Asiento were a pound of flesh in more senses than one , since they could not be taken alone . It had been clear from the beginning that , if Spanish policy permitted it , she could make the whole grant of no effect . This was the lesson ...
Page 344
... Asiento , and she did not want it herself . If Spain exercised it , she might gain much of its profits . As things were she had nearly a half share in Spanish cargoes to the Indies . So she left Spain to protect her own interests . But ...
... Asiento , and she did not want it herself . If Spain exercised it , she might gain much of its profits . As things were she had nearly a half share in Spanish cargoes to the Indies . So she left Spain to protect her own interests . But ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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