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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... naval officer " . The earliest naval officers in the royal colonies were the governors themselves , and where , as in Barbados and Jamaica , the term " naval office " appears , it undoubtedly meant a clerical office under the governor's ...
... naval officer " . The earliest naval officers in the royal colonies were the governors themselves , and where , as in Barbados and Jamaica , the term " naval office " appears , it undoubtedly meant a clerical office under the governor's ...
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... naval officer presented some difficulties and led to some important variations in practice . The controversy that arose over the King's selecting in 1676 one Abraham Langford as clerk of the naval office in Barbados first raised the ...
... naval officer presented some difficulties and led to some important variations in practice . The controversy that arose over the King's selecting in 1676 one Abraham Langford as clerk of the naval office in Barbados first raised the ...
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... NAVAL SUPREMACY 537 Scarcely able in 1690 , even with powerful help from the Dutch , to fend off a French invasion in force , she had at first to play a waiting game , striking hard in 1692 when occasion offered . Then she bided her ...
... NAVAL SUPREMACY 537 Scarcely able in 1690 , even with powerful help from the Dutch , to fend off a French invasion in force , she had at first to play a waiting game , striking hard in 1692 when occasion offered . Then she bided her ...
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