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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... COAST 441 English commerce , and from this time onwards until the Abolition Act of 1807 it was ranked as a valuable national asset , essential to the progress of the commercial ... coast and the French, Dutch and English on the Gold Coast.
... COAST 441 English commerce , and from this time onwards until the Abolition Act of 1807 it was ranked as a valuable national asset , essential to the progress of the commercial ... coast and the French, Dutch and English on the Gold Coast.
Page 442
... coast than any of its predeces- sors or than its immediate successor . The years of its greatness were from 1672 to 1687 , in which time the Company planted forts and factories on the coast and up the Gambia River , made treaties with ...
... coast than any of its predeces- sors or than its immediate successor . The years of its greatness were from 1672 to 1687 , in which time the Company planted forts and factories on the coast and up the Gambia River , made treaties with ...
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... coast either as representatives of a trading company , or as individual adventurers . Nor did the English traders ... coast of the Gulf of Guinea were also accurately known and charted , as was the Guinea Coast itself . The French had a ...
... coast either as representatives of a trading company , or as individual adventurers . Nor did the English traders ... coast of the Gulf of Guinea were also accurately known and charted , as was the Guinea Coast itself . The French had a ...
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