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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... Fleet in the Channel The Campaign in the Southern Colonies Rodney's Action against de Guichen Cornwallis's Operations in the South Cornwallis's Move to Virginia The Chesapeake and Yorktown Minorca and St Christopher The Relief of ...
... Fleet in the Channel The Campaign in the Southern Colonies Rodney's Action against de Guichen Cornwallis's Operations in the South Cornwallis's Move to Virginia The Chesapeake and Yorktown Minorca and St Christopher The Relief of ...
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... in all . The trader is at best a calculating patriot . The British trader's mother country is an island , in Queen Victoria's reign secure and fully conscious of security , in the charge of admittedly the strongest fleet in the world .
... in all . The trader is at best a calculating patriot . The British trader's mother country is an island , in Queen Victoria's reign secure and fully conscious of security , in the charge of admittedly the strongest fleet in the world .
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... fleet , twenty - five of which were of more than 200 tons . Under Edward VI the Navy was well cared for , but under Mary there was a decline in efficiency , although no great falling - off in paper strength . The total number of ships ...
... fleet , twenty - five of which were of more than 200 tons . Under Edward VI the Navy was well cared for , but under Mary there was a decline in efficiency , although no great falling - off in paper strength . The total number of ships ...
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... fleet did what was required of it , and it is worth noting that in the winter of 1550-1 a Channel guard of twelve ships was in commission , a practice which Henry VIII had made the rule in war time . But there was another side to the ...
... fleet did what was required of it , and it is worth noting that in the winter of 1550-1 a Channel guard of twelve ships was in commission , a practice which Henry VIII had made the rule in war time . But there was another side to the ...
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... FLEETS 61 actual colonisation of the neighbouring shores of New England fifty years later , and always we find emphasis laid upon the joint ad- vantages of fisheries and the ... fleet Gilbert's Plan to attack the Fishing Fleets.
... FLEETS 61 actual colonisation of the neighbouring shores of New England fifty years later , and always we find emphasis laid upon the joint ad- vantages of fisheries and the ... fleet Gilbert's Plan to attack the Fishing Fleets.
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