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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... sea coast in proportion to its total area and many fine estuaries and rivers , Britons could not but be in large numbers sea - goers and sea - traders ; they could not but develop sea power , empire or no empire . But it seems ...
... sea coast in proportion to its total area and many fine estuaries and rivers , Britons could not but be in large numbers sea - goers and sea - traders ; they could not but develop sea power , empire or no empire . But it seems ...
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... sea powers , the Emperor , Savoy , Portugal , Denmark , Prussia and Lorraine . " I tell you plainly " , ran ... power of the world . Within ten years of its outbreak in 1702 , she had be- come " a sea - power in the purest sense of the ...
... sea powers , the Emperor , Savoy , Portugal , Denmark , Prussia and Lorraine . " I tell you plainly " , ran ... power of the world . Within ten years of its outbreak in 1702 , she had be- come " a sea - power in the purest sense of the ...
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... SEA POWER AND EXPANSION , 1660-1763 UNDER the manifestations of national energy and growth hitherto considered there is one factor fundamental to all . Sea power alone could enable the race first to spread overseas and then to uphold ...
... SEA POWER AND EXPANSION , 1660-1763 UNDER the manifestations of national energy and growth hitherto considered there is one factor fundamental to all . Sea power alone could enable the race first to spread overseas and then to uphold ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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