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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... century . That century was a great time for human plantation , a time when the English race was reproduced in the New World . But plantation did not exhaust English activities overseas . Trade must not be ignored in reckoning up the ...
... century . That century was a great time for human plantation , a time when the English race was reproduced in the New World . But plantation did not exhaust English activities overseas . Trade must not be ignored in reckoning up the ...
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... century saw the reign of sugar ; the reign of cotton was yet to come . Though , as the century grew older , the riches which flowed from India into Britain grew rapidly in volume , yet almost to the end the West Indies bulked larger as ...
... century saw the reign of sugar ; the reign of cotton was yet to come . Though , as the century grew older , the riches which flowed from India into Britain grew rapidly in volume , yet almost to the end the West Indies bulked larger as ...
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... century . ) Report on the MSS of the Earl of Eglinton . Xth Report , Appendix . London , 1885 . ( 17th century . ) Report on the MSS of the Earl of Egmont . Vols . I and II , London , 1905. Vol . ш , Dublin , 1909. ( 17th century ...
... century . ) Report on the MSS of the Earl of Eglinton . Xth Report , Appendix . London , 1885 . ( 17th century . ) Report on the MSS of the Earl of Egmont . Vols . I and II , London , 1905. Vol . ш , Dublin , 1909. ( 17th century ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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