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 301
... LOUIS XIV 301 united Europe had dissipated his dreams of making the Dauphin Emperor and of himself dictating to the world . The wish uttered by Temple in 1669 had at last received fulfilment , for France " that grasps at all " had been ...
... LOUIS XIV 301 united Europe had dissipated his dreams of making the Dauphin Emperor and of himself dictating to the world . The wish uttered by Temple in 1669 had at last received fulfilment , for France " that grasps at all " had been ...
Page 323
... Louis counted on acquiring the trade of Spain by annexing Guipuzcoa , and that of all the Mediterranean by annexing Sicily , Naples and the Tuscan ports . William rightly judged that this Partition Treaty , concluded without the ...
... Louis counted on acquiring the trade of Spain by annexing Guipuzcoa , and that of all the Mediterranean by annexing Sicily , Naples and the Tuscan ports . William rightly judged that this Partition Treaty , concluded without the ...
Page 325
... Louis ' repudiation of the Partition Treaty left him no alternative but to attempt the coercion of France , the task which , as Ryswick proved , had lately been too great for united Europe . Louis ' folly , however , drove the Sea ...
... Louis ' repudiation of the Partition Treaty left him no alternative but to attempt the coercion of France , the task which , as Ryswick proved , had lately been too great for united Europe . Louis ' folly , however , drove the Sea ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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