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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... assistance thus given to them , since without close touch with the historical scholarship of the Dominions these volumes could not well have been undertaken . The present volume covers the first phase of British expansion when the ...
... assistance thus given to them , since without close touch with the historical scholarship of the Dominions these volumes could not well have been undertaken . The present volume covers the first phase of British expansion when the ...
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... assistance of other Powers by the promise of high profits , but neither England nor France could be persuaded to take action . The States did not relinquish their plan and awaited a more propitious moment that was not long delayed . In ...
... assistance of other Powers by the promise of high profits , but neither England nor France could be persuaded to take action . The States did not relinquish their plan and awaited a more propitious moment that was not long delayed . In ...
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... assistance of a council of his own nomination . The second of the new acquisitions was the fruit of the informal war with France . Early in 1654 Major Robert Sedgwick had been sent to New England to organise an attack upon the Dutch ...
... assistance of a council of his own nomination . The second of the new acquisitions was the fruit of the informal war with France . Early in 1654 Major Robert Sedgwick had been sent to New England to organise an attack upon the Dutch ...
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