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 73
... organised ventures , and our informa- tion is therefore very scanty . In 1588 a group of west - country mer- chants from Exeter and Barnstaple with Antony Dassell and another London merchant petitioned the Crown for exclusive privileges ...
... organised ventures , and our informa- tion is therefore very scanty . In 1588 a group of west - country mer- chants from Exeter and Barnstaple with Antony Dassell and another London merchant petitioned the Crown for exclusive privileges ...
Page 136
... organised means of giving them effect or calling attention to them . On the other hand , the distinctively Puritan emigrants were well organised and led by men who gloried in placing their religious motives on record , and though ...
... organised means of giving them effect or calling attention to them . On the other hand , the distinctively Puritan emigrants were well organised and led by men who gloried in placing their religious motives on record , and though ...
Page 163
... organised congregations of newcomers from England and older colonists trekked across the hills in search of fertile land and formed settlements round Hartford on the middle course of the river . The leading spirit in the movement was ...
... organised congregations of newcomers from England and older colonists trekked across the hills in search of fertile land and formed settlements round Hartford on the middle course of the river . The leading spirit in the movement was ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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