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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... fisheries . He prayed for the grant of a licence for an enterprise to discover a passage to Cathay and all other rich parts of the world hitherto not found , together with the government of all territories discovered by him or by his ...
... fisheries . He prayed for the grant of a licence for an enterprise to discover a passage to Cathay and all other rich parts of the world hitherto not found , together with the government of all territories discovered by him or by his ...
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... fisheries , and the trade not only proved a profitable investment , but became the nursery of skilful seamen and 1 Vide supra , p . 46 . 2 Eliot , K. M. , in Eng . Hist . Rev. XXXII , 89-92 . * See Hakluyt , VII , 158-90 . bold ...
... fisheries , and the trade not only proved a profitable investment , but became the nursery of skilful seamen and 1 Vide supra , p . 46 . 2 Eliot , K. M. , in Eng . Hist . Rev. XXXII , 89-92 . * See Hakluyt , VII , 158-90 . bold ...
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... fisheries of the North Sea were almost wholly monopolised by the Hollanders , who were building up great national prosperity on the produce of their fishing . In the Iceland trade , since Englishmen had to suffer the fierce competition ...
... fisheries of the North Sea were almost wholly monopolised by the Hollanders , who were building up great national prosperity on the produce of their fishing . In the Iceland trade , since Englishmen had to suffer the fierce competition ...
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... fisheries and the provision of naval stores from sources under English control . To Burghley's concern at the prospect of war in 1579 and the need for supplying the Navy we may attribute his furtherance of the reorganisation of the old ...
... fisheries and the provision of naval stores from sources under English control . To Burghley's concern at the prospect of war in 1579 and the need for supplying the Navy we may attribute his furtherance of the reorganisation of the old ...
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... fisheries off the American coast would also contribute largely . By the prosecution of fishing England might redeem herself from her de- pendence upon the Dutch who held an unchallengeable position in the fisheries nearer home . The ...
... fisheries off the American coast would also contribute largely . By the prosecution of fishing England might redeem herself from her de- pendence upon the Dutch who held an unchallengeable position in the fisheries nearer home . The ...
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