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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... Straits were feasible . A group of Devon men , which included William Hawkins and Sir Richard Grenville , favoured the Straits . No one seems to have suggested the Cape route through the Indian Ocean , which was condemned for its ...
... Straits were feasible . A group of Devon men , which included William Hawkins and Sir Richard Grenville , favoured the Straits . No one seems to have suggested the Cape route through the Indian Ocean , which was condemned for its ...
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... Straits of Anian and the North - West Passage . Such was the romance drawn for the Queen's ministers by the South Sea pro- jectors ; and fate appointed one of the hardest realists in history to translate it into fact.1 In 1577 ...
... Straits of Anian and the North - West Passage . Such was the romance drawn for the Queen's ministers by the South Sea pro- jectors ; and fate appointed one of the hardest realists in history to translate it into fact.1 In 1577 ...
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... Straits of Magellan to the Solomon Islands . He offered to raise £ 20,000 towards the cost , but in the end the Company decided against the proposal . In 1618 the Company once more considered and rejected a plan for reaching the Solomon ...
... Straits of Magellan to the Solomon Islands . He offered to raise £ 20,000 towards the cost , but in the end the Company decided against the proposal . In 1618 the Company once more considered and rejected a plan for reaching the Solomon ...
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