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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... King and the merchants accepted his contention , and showed much enthusiasm for the com- pletion of the discovery ... King's subjects . On his second voyage Cabot sailed from Bristol in May 1498 with four or five ships freighted by ...
... King and the merchants accepted his contention , and showed much enthusiasm for the com- pletion of the discovery ... King's subjects . On his second voyage Cabot sailed from Bristol in May 1498 with four or five ships freighted by ...
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... King issued a patent to three Bristol merchants named Richard Ward , Thomas Ashehurst and John Thomas , and three natives ( described as squires ) of the Azores , Joćo and Francisco Fernandes and Joćo Gonsalves . The document conferred ...
... King issued a patent to three Bristol merchants named Richard Ward , Thomas Ashehurst and John Thomas , and three natives ( described as squires ) of the Azores , Joćo and Francisco Fernandes and Joćo Gonsalves . The document conferred ...
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... King set upon western discovery . Under Henry VIII there were sporadic attempts , in which the King showed more marked initiative than his father had done , to pursue the north - western discovery , and there was also a serious ...
... King set upon western discovery . Under Henry VIII there were sporadic attempts , in which the King showed more marked initiative than his father had done , to pursue the north - western discovery , and there was also a serious ...
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... King of Portugal restricts the trade even among his own subjects , who need a special licence to engage in it . Only a disciplined and limited trade has any chance of prospering , and the profits have already been ruined by the numbers ...
... King of Portugal restricts the trade even among his own subjects , who need a special licence to engage in it . Only a disciplined and limited trade has any chance of prospering , and the profits have already been ruined by the numbers ...
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... King's Crown , but the reducing heathen people to civility and true religion bringeth honour to the King of Heaven " . The ingenious Hariot , Raleigh's mathematical expert , is also careful to point out that the astonishment produced ...
... King's Crown , but the reducing heathen people to civility and true religion bringeth honour to the King of Heaven " . The ingenious Hariot , Raleigh's mathematical expert , is also careful to point out that the astonishment produced ...
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