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 87
... attempt to found an English settlement in the Antilles . When the Olive Branch found it impossible to reach the Wiapoco , the intending settlers under Nicholas St John proceeded before the wind to St Lucia in the Windward Islands , and ...
... attempt to found an English settlement in the Antilles . When the Olive Branch found it impossible to reach the Wiapoco , the intending settlers under Nicholas St John proceeded before the wind to St Lucia in the Windward Islands , and ...
Page 555
... attempt to in- troduce blockade may be attributed to Edward III in 1346 , who ordained that every foreign ship which should attempt to enter a French port should be taken and burned . The Dutch in the war of liberation from Spain in ...
... attempt to in- troduce blockade may be attributed to Edward III in 1346 , who ordained that every foreign ship which should attempt to enter a French port should be taken and burned . The Dutch in the war of liberation from Spain in ...
Page 690
... attempt to colonise the country was made and with Choiseul's support a company was formed for that purpose . But this second attempt proved only less expensive in lives and money than the first . Thus Choiseul's fine conception of ...
... attempt to colonise the country was made and with Choiseul's support a company was formed for that purpose . But this second attempt proved only less expensive in lives and money than the first . Thus Choiseul's fine conception of ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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