The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... sailed from Bristol with a single small vessel , and at the beginning of August he was back in England with a report of the discovery of a new coast to the westward . No journal or map of the voyage has been preserved , and there are no ...
... sailed from Bristol with a single small vessel , and at the beginning of August he was back in England with a report of the discovery of a new coast to the westward . No journal or map of the voyage has been preserved , and there are no ...
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... sailed again in 1564 with four vessels , of which one , the Jesus of Lübeck , was a ship belonging to the Queen's Navy . This time he sold his negroes in the ports of the Spanish Main , from Borburata along to Rio de la Hacha . The ...
... sailed again in 1564 with four vessels , of which one , the Jesus of Lübeck , was a ship belonging to the Queen's Navy . This time he sold his negroes in the ports of the Spanish Main , from Borburata along to Rio de la Hacha . The ...
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... sailed for the Indies , at first freely in small groups and then in two organised fleets . In the middle period of the sixteenth century , the fleets sailed separ- ately , but as the seas grew more unsafe they journeyed to San Domingo ...
... sailed for the Indies , at first freely in small groups and then in two organised fleets . In the middle period of the sixteenth century , the fleets sailed separ- ately , but as the seas grew more unsafe they journeyed to San Domingo ...
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