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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... vessels was lost in a storm . With the other , Rut went south to New- foundland , whence he sent a letter home by a fishing boat , and then he coasted North America until he came down to the West Indies . He touched at Porto Rico and ...
... vessels was lost in a storm . With the other , Rut went south to New- foundland , whence he sent a letter home by a fishing boat , and then he coasted North America until he came down to the West Indies . He touched at Porto Rico and ...
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... vessels , but apart from this there is no evidence of Englishmen regularly frequenting Newfoundland until the latter part of Henry VIII's reign . The Portuguese , on the other hand , were at work in the early years of the sixteenth ...
... vessels , but apart from this there is no evidence of Englishmen regularly frequenting Newfoundland until the latter part of Henry VIII's reign . The Portuguese , on the other hand , were at work in the early years of the sixteenth ...
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... vessels were after- wards found with the bodies on board . Meanwhile , Chancellor had resumed the voyage with his single ship . Keeping a more southerly course than Willoughby , he had found the entrance of the White Sea , which , as a ...
... vessels were after- wards found with the bodies on board . Meanwhile , Chancellor had resumed the voyage with his single ship . Keeping a more southerly course than Willoughby , he had found the entrance of the White Sea , which , as a ...
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... vessels and from other indications , that men in high places were conniving at the trade and even investing in it . Under Elizabeth there was no disguise . Voyage after voyage went forth to the African coast , managed by Gerrard , Sir ...
... vessels and from other indications , that men in high places were conniving at the trade and even investing in it . Under Elizabeth there was no disguise . Voyage after voyage went forth to the African coast , managed by Gerrard , Sir ...
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... vessels , rigged and armed them , furnished victuals to the amount of one - tenth the value of the cargoes exported , and bore the risk of total loss , although not that of incidental wear and tear . On their side the adventurers paid ...
... vessels , rigged and armed them , furnished victuals to the amount of one - tenth the value of the cargoes exported , and bore the risk of total loss , although not that of incidental wear and tear . On their side the adventurers paid ...
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