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 145
... grant referred to the island of Barbuda near St Christopher in the Leeward Islands or to the real Barbados , but when Courteen's settlers had shown the worth of the latter island , there was no hesitation on Carlisle's part in backing ...
... grant referred to the island of Barbuda near St Christopher in the Leeward Islands or to the real Barbados , but when Courteen's settlers had shown the worth of the latter island , there was no hesitation on Carlisle's part in backing ...
Page 168
... grant made to an individual lord proprietor became the general rule . This type of patent was first employed in the grant to Sir George Calvert of a part of Newfoundland , and its application to colonisation may very probably be ...
... grant made to an individual lord proprietor became the general rule . This type of patent was first employed in the grant to Sir George Calvert of a part of Newfoundland , and its application to colonisation may very probably be ...
Page 169
... grants . Calvert , who was created Lord Baltimore in 1625 , had petitioned for a grant of unoccupied lands in Virginia while he was still in Newfoundland and visited James Town about the time when Heath received his patent . He was ...
... grants . Calvert , who was created Lord Baltimore in 1625 , had petitioned for a grant of unoccupied lands in Virginia while he was still in Newfoundland and visited James Town about the time when Heath received his patent . He was ...
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