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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... Trade Winds , the most extensive atmospheric current on the earth's surface . These blow from south - east to north - west and exert a paramount influence on the lands under their sway . In general they are rather dry winds , for they ...
... Trade Winds , the most extensive atmospheric current on the earth's surface . These blow from south - east to north - west and exert a paramount influence on the lands under their sway . In general they are rather dry winds , for they ...
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... trade was lucrative , as the articles bartered for native produce were of little value to Europeans . Australian and American merchants were the chief competitors in the island trade in early years , but in the ' fifties other traders ...
... trade was lucrative , as the articles bartered for native produce were of little value to Europeans . Australian and American merchants were the chief competitors in the island trade in early years , but in the ' fifties other traders ...
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... trade easily degenerated into slave trading because the native could not understand his contract . " It is very difficult for even well intentioned men to carry on this traffic honestly " , wrote Bishop Patteson in July 1870.1 His ...
... trade easily degenerated into slave trading because the native could not understand his contract . " It is very difficult for even well intentioned men to carry on this traffic honestly " , wrote Bishop Patteson in July 1870.1 His ...
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