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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Its members were Sir George Barnes , Sir John Yorke , Thomas Lock , Anthony Hickman and Edward Castlyn , of whom the last two were already trading regularly in the Canary Islands . They entrusted the command to John Lock .
Its members were Sir George Barnes , Sir John Yorke , Thomas Lock , Anthony Hickman and Edward Castlyn , of whom the last two were already trading regularly in the Canary Islands . They entrusted the command to John Lock .
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The reorganisation in 1578-9 of the Eastland Company under the lord treasurer's patronage has already been mentioned . He furthered next the foundation of a company to revive the English trade with the Levant that had begun under Henry ...
The reorganisation in 1578-9 of the Eastland Company under the lord treasurer's patronage has already been mentioned . He furthered next the foundation of a company to revive the English trade with the Levant that had begun under Henry ...
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Already , in 1709 , the first overtures for peace came from exhausted France . 2 They elicited from colonial circles various petitions , e.g. from Jamaica merchants for the removal of the French settlements from Hispaniola , " a sad and ...
Already , in 1709 , the first overtures for peace came from exhausted France . 2 They elicited from colonial circles various petitions , e.g. from Jamaica merchants for the removal of the French settlements from Hispaniola , " a sad and ...
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