The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain

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... Royal African Company had proved a failure . There were , no doubt , faults on both sides , and certainly both made complaints . The South Sea Company said truly that the Royal African Company did not produce the full quota of slaves ...
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... Royal African Company's ships following that trade " .1 With the eclipse of the Dutch the Royal African Company became the chief rival to the French , who maintained that their capture of the Dutch posts in the Senegal region gave them ...
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... ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY'S MONOPOLY 3 447 and James II had inclined to support the Company's claims , as a certain proportion of all prizes went into the royal exchequer , and the Company exercised its monopoly rights vigorously . Yet in ...

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CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherMacmillan, 1929
Original fromIndiana University
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