The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... British colonies there might have been a large British carrying trade in slaves and sugar , and without any British possessions in India there might have been , as there actually was , relatively speaking , in the early days of the East ...
... British colonies there might have been a large British carrying trade in slaves and sugar , and without any British possessions in India there might have been , as there actually was , relatively speaking , in the early days of the East ...
Page 581
... BRITISH AND FOREIGN 581 Now that the British West Indies had serious competitors , it be- came of some significance that the principle of enumeration merely governed the question of the first destination of exported sugar . Great ...
... BRITISH AND FOREIGN 581 Now that the British West Indies had serious competitors , it be- came of some significance that the principle of enumeration merely governed the question of the first destination of exported sugar . Great ...
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... British garrison established ( January 1766 ) , to support which another vessel was sent out with stores . In the ... British to evacuate the island . Hunt returned the compliment , and asserted the British title by both discovery and ...
... British garrison established ( January 1766 ) , to support which another vessel was sent out with stores . In the ... British to evacuate the island . Hunt returned the compliment , and asserted the British title by both discovery and ...
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