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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... profit , withstanding , as they have withstood ever since , any Power which for the time being threatened to dominate the world . Their wars , their trading ventures and piracies , profitable all , familiarised them with distance as a ...
... profit , withstanding , as they have withstood ever since , any Power which for the time being threatened to dominate the world . Their wars , their trading ventures and piracies , profitable all , familiarised them with distance as a ...
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... profit by the dis- coveries of others and could record his own . Portolani were in common use among the Mediterranean seamen of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ; but Chaucer's shipmaster could not have read one had he seen it ...
... profit by the dis- coveries of others and could record his own . Portolani were in common use among the Mediterranean seamen of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ; but Chaucer's shipmaster could not have read one had he seen it ...
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... profits , but was to contribute nothing towards the expenses . 1 Ship from Madeira , P.R.O. , Exchequer , E. 122 , 20/5 , Sept. 19 ( customs ledger ) , 1485/6 ; for the Azores probability , the undoubted residence of Azoreans in Bristol ...
... profits , but was to contribute nothing towards the expenses . 1 Ship from Madeira , P.R.O. , Exchequer , E. 122 , 20/5 , Sept. 19 ( customs ledger ) , 1485/6 ; for the Azores probability , the undoubted residence of Azoreans in Bristol ...
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... profits the discovery would yield . His idea was that a passage would be practicable over the Pole itself , and that the icebound area would be found negligibly small . His writing has been generally considered as the inspiration of ...
... profits the discovery would yield . His idea was that a passage would be practicable over the Pole itself , and that the icebound area would be found negligibly small . His writing has been generally considered as the inspiration of ...
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... profit on the voyage ; there is no record of the working expenses , but a similar expedition at a later date cost ... profits foreshadowed by the voyage , and the Guinea trade at once became fashionable with the westward ...
... profit on the voyage ; there is no record of the working expenses , but a similar expedition at a later date cost ... profits foreshadowed by the voyage , and the Guinea trade at once became fashionable with the westward ...
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