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 379
... 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 sur- passed 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 sur- passed the ...
Page 445
... West Indies with the greatest possible speed . Sometimes negroes were brought to the ports when there were no vessels on the coast , and even when the vessels were awaiting their cargo , delays in loading were inevitable . During these ...
... West Indies with the greatest possible speed . Sometimes negroes were brought to the ports when there were no vessels on the coast , and even when the vessels were awaiting their cargo , delays in loading were inevitable . During these ...
Page 874
... West Indies . London , 1924 . " The London West India Interest in the Eighteenth Century . " ́ E.H.R. vol . xxxvi , July 1921 . PITMAN , F. W. The Development of the British West Indies , 1700-63 . New Haven , 1917 . POYER , J. The ...
... West Indies . London , 1924 . " The London West India Interest in the Eighteenth Century . " ́ E.H.R. vol . xxxvi , July 1921 . PITMAN , F. W. The Development of the British West Indies , 1700-63 . New Haven , 1917 . POYER , J. The ...
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