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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... Navigation detected and corrected , and in 1600 gave to the world a greatly improved atlas . Napier's logarithms ( 1614 ) were applied to navigation by Gunter in 1620 ; and , as Raleigh had noted , great improvements had latterly been ...
... Navigation detected and corrected , and in 1600 gave to the world a greatly improved atlas . Napier's logarithms ( 1614 ) were applied to navigation by Gunter in 1620 ; and , as Raleigh had noted , great improvements had latterly been ...
Page 285
... NAVIGATION ACT OF 1696 285 the Scottish liking for illicit trade , aroused consternation and wrath among English statesmen and merchants.1 The years from 1689 to 1696 mark the beginning of a new era in the history of England's ...
... NAVIGATION ACT OF 1696 285 the Scottish liking for illicit trade , aroused consternation and wrath among English statesmen and merchants.1 The years from 1689 to 1696 mark the beginning of a new era in the history of England's ...
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... navigation " .2 The practical conclusion drawn by contemporaries , whether they were impressed by the supposed loss inflicted on the country by emigration or by the opportunities for increasing home employment afforded by the colonies ...
... navigation " .2 The practical conclusion drawn by contemporaries , whether they were impressed by the supposed loss inflicted on the country by emigration or by the opportunities for increasing home employment afforded by the colonies ...
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