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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... troops and money by sea to the rebellious Netherlands . Over against these scattered possessions and diverse interests stood England , → compact , self - sufficing and strategically dominant so long as the Dutch successfully resisted ...
... troops and money by sea to the rebellious Netherlands . Over against these scattered possessions and diverse interests stood England , → compact , self - sufficing and strategically dominant so long as the Dutch successfully resisted ...
Page 115
... troops to Lisbon , and assumed control over Portugal and her vast overseas empire , extending from Brazil to Macao . The one event emboldened Englishmen to challenge the might of Spain ; the other empowered her to take up their impudent ...
... troops to Lisbon , and assumed control over Portugal and her vast overseas empire , extending from Brazil to Macao . The one event emboldened Englishmen to challenge the might of Spain ; the other empowered her to take up their impudent ...
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... troops . During the haggling over these terms Antwerp fell to Parma's veteran army - a disaster that proved lastingly prejudicial to English naval interests . The bargain , 1 Corbett , 1 , 344-8 . 2 Cal . St. Pap . Foreign , XXI , pt I ...
... troops . During the haggling over these terms Antwerp fell to Parma's veteran army - a disaster that proved lastingly prejudicial to English naval interests . The bargain , 1 Corbett , 1 , 344-8 . 2 Cal . St. Pap . Foreign , XXI , pt I ...
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... troops . By mid - June it was ranging the coast of Spain , carrying with it a rising surge of terror . " The Spaniards " ( wrote Nani , Venetian ambassador at Madrid ) " would not believe that after the death of Drake and the scattering ...
... troops . By mid - June it was ranging the coast of Spain , carrying with it a rising surge of terror . " The Spaniards " ( wrote Nani , Venetian ambassador at Madrid ) " would not believe that after the death of Drake and the scattering ...
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... troops for the imminent peril of this kingdom " . Not more than 2000 harquebuses and muskets could be found , despite search in private houses ; and the terrible truth was laid bare that , while Philip conquered in France and exploited ...
... troops for the imminent peril of this kingdom " . Not more than 2000 harquebuses and muskets could be found , despite search in private houses ; and the terrible truth was laid bare that , while Philip conquered in France and exploited ...
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