The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Britain and New Ireland seem to be united in one fold on the west with the coast ranges , and on the east with the Solomon Group . The deepest portion of these seas is a basin almost surrounded by the folds and lies south of New Britain ...
... Britain and New Ireland seem to be united in one fold on the west with the coast ranges , and on the east with the Solomon Group . The deepest portion of these seas is a basin almost surrounded by the folds and lies south of New Britain ...
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... Britain ought to make use of the important discoveries made by Cook in 1770. He projected " a colony consisting of American Loyalists , Chinese , Indians and con- victs " , which could be formed " without robbing Great Britain of her ...
... Britain ought to make use of the important discoveries made by Cook in 1770. He projected " a colony consisting of American Loyalists , Chinese , Indians and con- victs " , which could be formed " without robbing Great Britain of her ...
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... Britain.1 Clearly this view of the position of the Governor makes an appointment free from all local implications an imperative necessity . It is noticeable that , later , when Queensland objected to a particular appointment ...
... Britain.1 Clearly this view of the position of the Governor makes an appointment free from all local implications an imperative necessity . It is noticeable that , later , when Queensland objected to a particular appointment ...
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