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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From thence onward until his death in 1649 he remained undisturbed in his governorship . To him is undoubtedly due the chief credit for establishing the English possession of the Leeward Islands on a firm basis .
From thence onward until his death in 1649 he remained undisturbed in his governorship . To him is undoubtedly due the chief credit for establishing the English possession of the Leeward Islands on a firm basis .
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Bermuda remained under the jurisdiction of its chartered company , twice reorganised during the Interregnum . Newfoundland , under its royalist governor , Sir David Kirke , had been hostile to the Puritan party in the Civil War .
Bermuda remained under the jurisdiction of its chartered company , twice reorganised during the Interregnum . Newfoundland , under its royalist governor , Sir David Kirke , had been hostile to the Puritan party in the Civil War .
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The manifestations changed in character during these two and a half centuries , but their inspiration remained the same . The change came in the time of Cromwell's “ Western Design ” , for it was only in imagination that this was a ...
The manifestations changed in character during these two and a half centuries , but their inspiration remained the same . The change came in the time of Cromwell's “ Western Design ” , for it was only in imagination that this was a ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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