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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THE WEST INDIES 379 of economic and social development . During the first half of the eighteenth century the tide of prosperity in the West Indies rose rapidly to the flood . In wealth , as in strategic importance , they surpassed the ...
THE WEST INDIES 379 of economic and social development . During the first half of the eighteenth century the tide of prosperity in the West Indies rose rapidly to the flood . In wealth , as in strategic importance , they surpassed the ...
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McKINNEN , D. A Tour through the British West Indies , in the years 1802 and 1803 , giving a particular account of the Bahama Islands . London , 1804 . OLDMIXON , J. The British Empire in America . ... 2 vols .
McKINNEN , D. A Tour through the British West Indies , in the years 1802 and 1803 , giving a particular account of the Bahama Islands . London , 1804 . OLDMIXON , J. The British Empire in America . ... 2 vols .
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The West Indies . 2nd ed . rev . by C. Atchley . Oxford , 1905 . MALCOLM , H. “ The Bahamas House of Assembly . ” Empire Review , March 1905 . NEWTON , A. P. Colonizing Activities of the English Puritans . New Haven , 1914 .
The West Indies . 2nd ed . rev . by C. Atchley . Oxford , 1905 . MALCOLM , H. “ The Bahamas House of Assembly . ” Empire Review , March 1905 . NEWTON , A. P. Colonizing Activities of the English Puritans . New Haven , 1914 .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 9 |
ENGLAND AND THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTIC | 22 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2009 |
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