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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... WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH - AMERICAN TRADE , 1713-1748 BY LILLIAN M. PENSON , Ph.D. , Lecturer in History in Birkbeck College , University of London . Importance of the West Indies West Indian Trade Spanish Colonial Trade Negotiations ...
... WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH - AMERICAN TRADE , 1713-1748 BY LILLIAN M. PENSON , Ph.D. , Lecturer in History in Birkbeck College , University of London . Importance of the West Indies West Indian Trade Spanish Colonial Trade Negotiations ...
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... West Indies bulked larger as a source of wealth and of the political and social influence which is derived from wealth . The West Indies fitted admirably into the mercantile system . Here were no competing colonies and products to ...
... West Indies bulked larger as a source of wealth and of the political and social influence which is derived from wealth . The West Indies fitted admirably into the mercantile system . Here were no competing colonies and products to ...
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... western ventures included the financing of voyages to Guinea under Mary and Elizabeth and of John Hawkins's expeditions to the West Indies . He was Treasurer of the Navy and Cecil's right - hand man in its administration ; and John ...
... western ventures included the financing of voyages to Guinea under Mary and Elizabeth and of John Hawkins's expeditions to the West Indies . He was Treasurer of the Navy and Cecil's right - hand man in its administration ; and John ...
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... West Indies with one Captain Lovell , and with him to have suffered from Spanish treachery at Rio de la Hacha.2 Sailing with Hawkins to the West Indies in 1567-8 , he experienced the perfidious assault at San Juan de Ulua , which ...
... West Indies with one Captain Lovell , and with him to have suffered from Spanish treachery at Rio de la Hacha.2 Sailing with Hawkins to the West Indies in 1567-8 , he experienced the perfidious assault at San Juan de Ulua , which ...
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... Indies ; " for it is the long voyages that increase and maintain great shipping " .1 His daring and unscrupulous spirit probably inspired the " discourse " of certain west - countrymen to Elizabeth to send warships , under pretence of ...
... Indies ; " for it is the long voyages that increase and maintain great shipping " .1 His daring and unscrupulous spirit probably inspired the " discourse " of certain west - countrymen to Elizabeth to send warships , under pretence of ...
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