The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries
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Italian cosmographers corresponded with Henry the Navigator , and Italian pilots bore their part in the early ... Above all , Italy was the creator of the portolano , the handy pilot's chart by means of which a man could really profit ...
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That Italy should be delivered over to the Emperor seemed to Britain advan- tageous ; but to the Italian rulers of Spain , intolerable . Hence when , in May 1716 , peace - seeking Britain made her defensive alliance with the Emperor ...
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When the ministers met , jeered Paris , God's thunder was inaudible.3 In Spain , on the other hand , the death of Philip ( July 1746 ) trans- ferred control from his Italian Queen to the Portuguese Queen of his successor , Ferdinand VI ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
29

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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized12 Jun 2008
  
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