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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Page 85
... BERMUDA COLONY 85 The glowing reports of the fertility of those islands brought to England after Somers's shipwreck in 1610 induced the Virginia Company to secure such an extension of its charter as would in- clude them in its field of ...
... BERMUDA COLONY 85 The glowing reports of the fertility of those islands brought to England after Somers's shipwreck in 1610 induced the Virginia Company to secure such an extension of its charter as would in- clude them in its field of ...
Page 247
... BERMUDA COMPANY 247 history at this time . It illustrates the incompatibility of colonial freedom in economic matters with profit - taking by the investors , whose subscriptions had nevertheless been indispensable to the colony's ...
... BERMUDA COMPANY 247 history at this time . It illustrates the incompatibility of colonial freedom in economic matters with profit - taking by the investors , whose subscriptions had nevertheless been indispensable to the colony's ...
Page 892
... Bermuda , joins Providence Company , 166 ; becomes Governor of Barbados in the Warwick interest , 175 ; overturned by Royalist faction , 212 Bellasis , Lord , an opinion of , 313 Belleisle , Charles Fouquet , Duc de , French statesman ...
... Bermuda , joins Providence Company , 166 ; becomes Governor of Barbados in the Warwick interest , 175 ; overturned by Royalist faction , 212 Bellasis , Lord , an opinion of , 313 Belleisle , Charles Fouquet , Duc de , French statesman ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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