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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Page 70
... Orders were given that the vessels captured were to be brought into the western ports without disturbing their cargoes . The crews were to be imprisoned in reprisal for Philip II's seizure in May 1585 of the English ships and mariners ...
... Orders were given that the vessels captured were to be brought into the western ports without disturbing their cargoes . The crews were to be imprisoned in reprisal for Philip II's seizure in May 1585 of the English ships and mariners ...
Page 289
... orders that this Act and " all other laws made for the encouragement of navigation and the securing the plantation trade to the kingdom be published and " strictly put in execution " .1 In Maryland , and perhaps elsewhere , the Act was ...
... orders that this Act and " all other laws made for the encouragement of navigation and the securing the plantation trade to the kingdom be published and " strictly put in execution " .1 In Maryland , and perhaps elsewhere , the Act was ...
Page 343
... orders to Admiral Haddock , and telling him to remain in the Mediterranean . It is hard to decide whether these orders , or the attitude of the South Sea Company , was the more re- sponsible for the change in the tone of the Spanish ...
... orders to Admiral Haddock , and telling him to remain in the Mediterranean . It is hard to decide whether these orders , or the attitude of the South Sea Company , was the more re- sponsible for the change in the tone of the Spanish ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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