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 87
... attempt to found an English settlement in the Antilles . When the Olive Branch found it impossible to reach the Wiapoco , the intending settlers under Nicholas St John proceeded before the wind to St Lucia in the Windward Islands , and ...
... attempt to found an English settlement in the Antilles . When the Olive Branch found it impossible to reach the Wiapoco , the intending settlers under Nicholas St John proceeded before the wind to St Lucia in the Windward Islands , and ...
Page 555
... attempt to in- troduce blockade may be attributed to Edward III in 1346 , who ordained that every foreign ship which should attempt to enter a French port should be taken and burned . The Dutch in the war of liberation from Spain in ...
... attempt to in- troduce blockade may be attributed to Edward III in 1346 , who ordained that every foreign ship which should attempt to enter a French port should be taken and burned . The Dutch in the war of liberation from Spain in ...
Page 557
... attempt at making the declaration effective caused neutrals increasingly to claim the right to maintain freedom of commerce with the belligerents , and by the middle of the eighteenth century the preponderating opinion and practice were ...
... attempt at making the declaration effective caused neutrals increasingly to claim the right to maintain freedom of commerce with the belligerents , and by the middle of the eighteenth century the preponderating opinion and practice were ...
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