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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... Islands Emigration . The Slave Trade CHAPTER VIII THE COLONIES AFTER THE RESTORATION , 1660-1713 By J. A. WILLIAMSON , M.A. , D.Lit . Causes contributing to National Divergence The Caribbee Islands Barbados Jamaica • The Bermuda Company ...
... Islands Emigration . The Slave Trade CHAPTER VIII THE COLONIES AFTER THE RESTORATION , 1660-1713 By J. A. WILLIAMSON , M.A. , D.Lit . Causes contributing to National Divergence The Caribbee Islands Barbados Jamaica • The Bermuda Company ...
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... islands . There was for a time one marked exception . The magnificent geographical position of Sicily attracted incomers , whose cities and their rulers rose one after another to wealth and temporary leadership ; but that island , never ...
... islands . There was for a time one marked exception . The magnificent geographical position of Sicily attracted incomers , whose cities and their rulers rose one after another to wealth and temporary leadership ; but that island , never ...
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... island in which there has never been complete fusion ; that it is the product of distance ; and finally the product of evolution on family lines . The study of what might have been is sometimes attractive , though rarely of any ...
... island in which there has never been complete fusion ; that it is the product of distance ; and finally the product of evolution on family lines . The study of what might have been is sometimes attractive , though rarely of any ...
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... islands of Asia , he had certainly not yet found the true spice islands or the civilised peoples of China and Japan . In March 1496 Cabot obtained from Henry VII a patent empowering him to search in the east , north or west for lands ...
... islands of Asia , he had certainly not yet found the true spice islands or the civilised peoples of China and Japan . In March 1496 Cabot obtained from Henry VII a patent empowering him to search in the east , north or west for lands ...
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... islands and the seas of Europe . In 1565-6 , for instance , the Wynters sent out a ship which was surprised and sunk by a Portuguese armada in the River of Sestos . Although she was only of seventy tons , they claimed that the loss ...
... islands and the seas of Europe . In 1565-6 , for instance , the Wynters sent out a ship which was surprised and sunk by a Portuguese armada in the River of Sestos . Although she was only of seventy tons , they claimed that the loss ...
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