The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries
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FRENCH , DUTCH AND ENGLISH ON GOLD COAST 441 English commerce , and from this time onwards until the Abolition Act of 1807 it was ranked as a valuable national asset , essential to the progress of the commercial empire .
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covered the same extent of the African coast and the same period of 1000 years , and prescribed a similar form of government . This Royal African Company had the longest life of all the English African companies ; it was the most ...
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Peaceful penetration was difficult in a continent where strangers were liable to be captured and sold as slaves , and armed penetration was not possible for the small groups of Englishmen who frequented the coast either as ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
29

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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
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