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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... imperial power may be found in the unity , the law , the institutions , and the sea instinct , of which she became possessed in the Middle Ages , it was not until late in the fifteenth century that her oceanic expansion began . It is ...
... imperial power may be found in the unity , the law , the institutions , and the sea instinct , of which she became possessed in the Middle Ages , it was not until late in the fifteenth century that her oceanic expansion began . It is ...
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... imperial statesmanship of the Interregnum certain permanent results may be traced . The intrusion of the Dutch into the economy of the Empire was checked but not completely ended . The means for their exclusion was provided , but it was ...
... imperial statesmanship of the Interregnum certain permanent results may be traced . The intrusion of the Dutch into the economy of the Empire was checked but not completely ended . The means for their exclusion was provided , but it was ...
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... imperial idea . His plea for the application of the mercantile system on an imperial instead of a national basis by the development of a " grand marine dominion " was the fruit of a sentiment of imperial patriotism , which for him was ...
... imperial idea . His plea for the application of the mercantile system on an imperial instead of a national basis by the development of a " grand marine dominion " was the fruit of a sentiment of imperial patriotism , which for him was ...
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