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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Page 108
... Elizabethan spirit survived , manifesting itself in the north - western quests of Hudson , Baffin , and others unknown to fame . They were beaten by the stern facts of geography . Yet they had not striven in vain . They had secured for ...
... Elizabethan spirit survived , manifesting itself in the north - western quests of Hudson , Baffin , and others unknown to fame . They were beaten by the stern facts of geography . Yet they had not striven in vain . They had secured for ...
Page 208
... Elizabethan Age when , as it seemed to them , Pro- testant England was free and united and her name had rung through the world . Their present task of destruction was hateful to them ; they shuddered at the things their duty called them ...
... Elizabethan Age when , as it seemed to them , Pro- testant England was free and united and her name had rung through the world . Their present task of destruction was hateful to them ; they shuddered at the things their duty called them ...
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... Elizabethans . The plan was idealistic , but it rested on brute force , and the force would inevitably have been ... Elizabethan raids in the Caribbean ; the establishment , in the period 1604-42 , of colonies in that area and near ...
... Elizabethans . The plan was idealistic , but it rested on brute force , and the force would inevitably have been ... Elizabethan raids in the Caribbean ; the establishment , in the period 1604-42 , of colonies in that area and near ...
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