The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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Page 44
... tion after Swift's time all this remained quite plausible . It was , however , in the South Pacific that projectors were chiefly interested , and especially in the Australian continent . Speculative writers were impressed by its size ...
... tion after Swift's time all this remained quite plausible . It was , however , in the South Pacific that projectors were chiefly interested , and especially in the Australian continent . Speculative writers were impressed by its size ...
Page 328
... tion of Cook's labours in the colonisation and annexation of New Zealand . Thus by 1840 the larger land masses susceptible of colonisa- tion in the Southern Pacific had been taken into the British Empire , but no attempt had been made ...
... tion of Cook's labours in the colonisation and annexation of New Zealand . Thus by 1840 the larger land masses susceptible of colonisa- tion in the Southern Pacific had been taken into the British Empire , but no attempt had been made ...
Page 348
... tion into a British colony could be regulated , but not into other places of which the principal was Fiji . The other Australian colonies accepted no responsibility for the action of Queensland , and Queens- land claimed that the abuses ...
... tion into a British colony could be regulated , but not into other places of which the principal was Fiji . The other Australian colonies accepted no responsibility for the action of Queensland , and Queens- land claimed that the abuses ...
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