The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Islands , and a number of British planters . If the island was to be organised as a great emporium for Spanish - American trade , English commercial law and courts com- petent to administer it were important desiderata , and British ...
... Islands , and a number of British planters . If the island was to be organised as a great emporium for Spanish - American trade , English commercial law and courts com- petent to administer it were important desiderata , and British ...
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... island . The picturesque story that the island was given to Light as the dowry of the princess whom he was said to have married seems to be nothing but a legend.1 The establishment of the English in the Straits led immediately to ...
... island . The picturesque story that the island was given to Light as the dowry of the princess whom he was said to have married seems to be nothing but a legend.1 The establishment of the English in the Straits led immediately to ...
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... Islands of St Helena . 1817 . BEATSON , A. Tracts relative to the Island of St Helena . 1816 . BROOKE , T. H. History of the Island of St Helena . 1808. 2nd edn . 1824 . Description of the Island of St Helena . 1805 . ELWOOD , Mrs A. K. ...
... Islands of St Helena . 1817 . BEATSON , A. Tracts relative to the Island of St Helena . 1816 . BROOKE , T. H. History of the Island of St Helena . 1808. 2nd edn . 1824 . Description of the Island of St Helena . 1805 . ELWOOD , Mrs A. K. ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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