The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries

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... overseas empire . Never were there greater temptations to privateering , the Spaniards being unable to observe the main ports whence our seamen stole forth to the Indies . England's strategic advantages over France were less marked ...
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... overseas . New England , it was said , was useful only to supply the West Indies , and in 1763 statesmen hesitated between Canada and Guadeloupe . Even Choiseul opined that Corsica was worth more to France than Canada had been or could ...
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... overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the third great consequence of the war , the rise of William of ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
29

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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Nov 2006
  
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