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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... maritime power as the most effective means of national defence . So was England equipped to take advantage of the accidents of her situation , of the mental awakening and material expansion which were now offering their benefits to all ...
... maritime power as the most effective means of national defence . So was England equipped to take advantage of the accidents of her situation , of the mental awakening and material expansion which were now offering their benefits to all ...
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... MARITIME RIGHTS AND COLONIAL TITLES 1648-1763 THE Peace of Westphalia , 1648 , may be described as the door leading from the Middle Ages to the modern world . It terminated the wars which for thirty years had been ravaging Europe and ...
... MARITIME RIGHTS AND COLONIAL TITLES 1648-1763 THE Peace of Westphalia , 1648 , may be described as the door leading from the Middle Ages to the modern world . It terminated the wars which for thirty years had been ravaging Europe and ...
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... maritime areas adjacent to the English shores within which hostilities were prohibited , and the decisions of the English Admiralty Court restricted jurisdiction to their terms . Vessels captured within the " place or tract at sea that ...
... maritime areas adjacent to the English shores within which hostilities were prohibited , and the decisions of the English Admiralty Court restricted jurisdiction to their terms . Vessels captured within the " place or tract at sea that ...
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