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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... East India Company ( 1600 ) and the concentration of the Dutch on the joint - stock Universal East India Company ( 1602 ) . By this effective union of capital and maritime enterprise both Companies were able to build far larger and ...
... East India Company ( 1600 ) and the concentration of the Dutch on the joint - stock Universal East India Company ( 1602 ) . By this effective union of capital and maritime enterprise both Companies were able to build far larger and ...
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... East India Companies , the old or London , and the new or English . After a bitter struggle they agreed to amalgamate in 1702 ; seven years later the fusion was completed and the United East India Company began its career.5 In the ...
... East India Companies , the old or London , and the new or English . After a bitter struggle they agreed to amalgamate in 1702 ; seven years later the fusion was completed and the United East India Company began its career.5 In the ...
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... East and a marsh in longitude 10 ° West , with no egress to the sea.2 This was more accurate than a commonly accepted view , which was expressed in the Annual Register in 1758 , that the source of the Niger was in East Africa , and that ...
... East and a marsh in longitude 10 ° West , with no egress to the sea.2 This was more accurate than a commonly accepted view , which was expressed in the Annual Register in 1758 , that the source of the Niger was in East Africa , and that ...
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