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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... established by sea distant trading stations on the coast of North - West Africa , and went far to- wards creating a land empire in Spain . Carthage fell before Rome , which beginning as a city , ended as a world - the Mediterranean ...
... established by sea distant trading stations on the coast of North - West Africa , and went far to- wards creating a land empire in Spain . Carthage fell before Rome , which beginning as a city , ended as a world - the Mediterranean ...
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... established or tolerated by the colonists , under the conditions of the seventeenth century it was out of the question . To the right appreciation of the Empire a clear understanding of its first century is essential . An island people ...
... established or tolerated by the colonists , under the conditions of the seventeenth century it was out of the question . To the right appreciation of the Empire a clear understanding of its first century is essential . An island people ...
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... established himself on the soil of Europe , and in the course of the century had taken Constantinople and made himself a sea power , and was now reducing Venice to a state of dependence and threatening V to close the old Levant routes ...
... established himself on the soil of Europe , and in the course of the century had taken Constantinople and made himself a sea power , and was now reducing Venice to a state of dependence and threatening V to close the old Levant routes ...
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... established that Italy sup- plied to Portugal the rudimentary knowledge of world geography which gave an edge to her crusading fervour . Italian cosmographers corresponded with Henry the Navigator , and Italian pilots bore their part in ...
... established that Italy sup- plied to Portugal the rudimentary knowledge of world geography which gave an edge to her crusading fervour . Italian cosmographers corresponded with Henry the Navigator , and Italian pilots bore their part in ...
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... established is that he sailed and had not returned as late as October , but that probably , although not certainly , he came home at a subsequent date . It is , however , possible to say that the voyage was a disappoint- ment - in ...
... established is that he sailed and had not returned as late as October , but that probably , although not certainly , he came home at a subsequent date . It is , however , possible to say that the voyage was a disappoint- ment - in ...
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