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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... French and Dutch reorganised their African trade and prepared for a revival of the struggle for mastery ; in 1674 a new French Company was formed , and in 1675 the Dutch Company was remodelled . Fortunately for the Royal African ...
... French and Dutch reorganised their African trade and prepared for a revival of the struggle for mastery ; in 1674 a new French Company was formed , and in 1675 the Dutch Company was remodelled . Fortunately for the Royal African ...
Page 470
... French forces had reached their destination . Soon after came the news that Braddock's fourfold onslaught on French America had failed . The capture of Fort Beauséjour , indeed , cleansed British territory from an alleged encroachment ...
... French forces had reached their destination . Soon after came the news that Braddock's fourfold onslaught on French America had failed . The capture of Fort Beauséjour , indeed , cleansed British territory from an alleged encroachment ...
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... French ships between Ushant and Finisterre , and later to send in all French ships . So before the end of the year and six months before war came there were 300 French merchant ships and 6000 French sailors in England . France ...
... French ships between Ushant and Finisterre , and later to send in all French ships . So before the end of the year and six months before war came there were 300 French merchant ships and 6000 French sailors in England . France ...
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