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 306
... Surat , ... hanging the ... St George under the Dutch flag " , wrote another - devising all manner of tricks to secure a monopoly everywhere , as men believed — the Dutch " made our merchants mad " and Clarendon was over- whelmed . In ...
... Surat , ... hanging the ... St George under the Dutch flag " , wrote another - devising all manner of tricks to secure a monopoly everywhere , as men believed — the Dutch " made our merchants mad " and Clarendon was over- whelmed . In ...
Page 485
... Surat had fallen to British arms . In August Admiral Boscawen reported his victory over the Toulon fleet off Lagos in Portugal . În the very week in which Parliament assembled , came the news of the capture of Quebec and of Wolfe's ...
... Surat had fallen to British arms . In August Admiral Boscawen reported his victory over the Toulon fleet off Lagos in Portugal . În the very week in which Parliament assembled , came the news of the capture of Quebec and of Wolfe's ...
Page 779
... Surat , the whole of the Northern Circars and Masulipatam were demanded . Spain required the cession of Minorca , all Florida , the Bahamas , British possessions and rights in Honduras , Campeachy and the Moskito coast , as well as ...
... Surat , the whole of the Northern Circars and Masulipatam were demanded . Spain required the cession of Minorca , all Florida , the Bahamas , British possessions and rights in Honduras , Campeachy and the Moskito coast , as well as ...
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