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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... followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light were on their worse as on their better side reminiscent of what had followed the discovery of America . For good and ...
... followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light were on their worse as on their better side reminiscent of what had followed the discovery of America . For good and ...
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... followed by the publication by Grotius , at the request of the Dutch Government , of his Mare Liberum the classic argument against the principle of the sovereignty of the sea . This was followed , before the issue of King James's procla ...
... followed by the publication by Grotius , at the request of the Dutch Government , of his Mare Liberum the classic argument against the principle of the sovereignty of the sea . This was followed , before the issue of King James's procla ...
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... followed out . It is sufficient to record that in January 1717 , the compact was framed which linked France , Britain and the Dutch into a Triple Alliance for preserving the peace of Europe on the lines laid down four years earlier ...
... followed out . It is sufficient to record that in January 1717 , the compact was framed which linked France , Britain and the Dutch into a Triple Alliance for preserving the peace of Europe on the lines laid down four years earlier ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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