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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That sea might be reached by the North - East or the North - West Passage , or by the Straits of Magellan . Michael Lok , Martin Frobisher and Sir Humphrey Gilbert were thinking of the North - West . John Dee , the most learned man ...
That sea might be reached by the North - East or the North - West Passage , or by the Straits of Magellan . Michael Lok , Martin Frobisher and Sir Humphrey Gilbert were thinking of the North - West . John Dee , the most learned man ...
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DRAKE IN THE PACIFIC 35 Beyond the equator they would sell English cloth in China and Japan , and when the arctic ice was melted they would pass homeward through the Straits of Anian and the North - West Passage .
DRAKE IN THE PACIFIC 35 Beyond the equator they would sell English cloth in China and Japan , and when the arctic ice was melted they would pass homeward through the Straits of Anian and the North - West Passage .
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By so doing they traversed the passage now called Torres Strait , separating New Guinea from Australia . It is uncertain whether they ... of an expedition which he was to lead through the Straits of Magellan to the Solomon Islands .
By so doing they traversed the passage now called Torres Strait , separating New Guinea from Australia . It is uncertain whether they ... of an expedition which he was to lead through the Straits of Magellan to the Solomon Islands .
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
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