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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... ocean men hailed from Bristol , the Devon towns and Southampton , but many belonged to London , which was common ground to both types of enterprise , a fact which had an influence upon the rapid commercial advance of the capital during ...
... ocean men hailed from Bristol , the Devon towns and Southampton , but many belonged to London , which was common ground to both types of enterprise , a fact which had an influence upon the rapid commercial advance of the capital during ...
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... ocean and then to establish permanent colonies for trade and plantation . In the previous chapter we saw that Portuguese interests on the African coast were the first to suffer , but later the main object of effort became that trade ...
... ocean and then to establish permanent colonies for trade and plantation . In the previous chapter we saw that Portuguese interests on the African coast were the first to suffer , but later the main object of effort became that trade ...
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... ocean light up the talk . In As You Like It Rosalind , eager to hear of Orlando , bursts out with " One inch of delay more is a South Sea of discovery " . Pistol , when urging Falstaff in pursuit of Mistress Page , becomes for the nonce ...
... ocean light up the talk . In As You Like It Rosalind , eager to hear of Orlando , bursts out with " One inch of delay more is a South Sea of discovery " . Pistol , when urging Falstaff in pursuit of Mistress Page , becomes for the nonce ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2009 |
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