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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... already trading regularly in the Canary Islands . They entrusted the command to John Lock . These Locks seem to have been brothers of the more famous Michael Lock ; it is interesting to notice also that Martin Frobisher served in this ...
... already trading regularly in the Canary Islands . They entrusted the command to John Lock . These Locks seem to have been brothers of the more famous Michael Lock ; it is interesting to notice also that Martin Frobisher served in this ...
Page 65
... already been mentioned . He furthered next the foundation of a company to revive the English trade with the Levant that had begun under Henry VIII . The profitable but short - lived trade of the Mus- covy Company in the products of the ...
... already been mentioned . He furthered next the foundation of a company to revive the English trade with the Levant that had begun under Henry VIII . The profitable but short - lived trade of the Mus- covy Company in the products of the ...
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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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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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