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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... Englishmen in the seventeenth century flowed westward . Beyond the western ocean were the colonies , the new homes , New England and — in name though not in fact - New Scot- land - Nova Scotia . Nor were the new homes to be found only ...
... Englishmen in the seventeenth century flowed westward . Beyond the western ocean were the colonies , the new homes , New England and — in name though not in fact - New Scot- land - Nova Scotia . Nor were the new homes to be found only ...
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... Englishmen domiciled in England , to be kept outside politics , but in so far as they were associations of private citizens for trading or colonising purposes , licensed but as a rule not subsidised by or in any way dependent on the ...
... Englishmen domiciled in England , to be kept outside politics , but in so far as they were associations of private citizens for trading or colonising purposes , licensed but as a rule not subsidised by or in any way dependent on the ...
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... Englishmen regularly frequenting Newfoundland until the latter part of Henry VIII's reign . The Portuguese , on the other hand , were at work in the early years of the sixteenth century , and the French were not long behind them . Rut ...
... Englishmen regularly frequenting Newfoundland until the latter part of Henry VIII's reign . The Portuguese , on the other hand , were at work in the early years of the sixteenth century , and the French were not long behind them . Rut ...
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... other foreign merchants , and it even paid lower customs duties than Englishmen themselves . These privileges were embodied in a treaty signed at Utrecht in 1474. Bound by this pact , Henry VII Policy of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
... other foreign merchants , and it even paid lower customs duties than Englishmen themselves . These privileges were embodied in a treaty signed at Utrecht in 1474. Bound by this pact , Henry VII Policy of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
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... Englishmen being often associated with Italians . Here is to be seen one of the origins , not only of the regular joint - stock company for foreign trade , but also of those very flexible syndicates which carried on the Elizabethan war ...
... Englishmen being often associated with Italians . Here is to be seen one of the origins , not only of the regular joint - stock company for foreign trade , but also of those very flexible syndicates which carried on the Elizabethan war ...
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