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 108
... once so interesting and so baffling . Transitional periods produce naturally these combinations of good and bad , but the impetuous individualism , which is also their outcome , found a valuable opening in overseas activities . If the ...
... once so interesting and so baffling . Transitional periods produce naturally these combinations of good and bad , but the impetuous individualism , which is also their outcome , found a valuable opening in overseas activities . If the ...
Page 173
... once began to restore their ravaged plantations . Circumstances had entirely changed since Menendes's vindication of Spain's colonial monopoly in 1569 , and now English , French and Dutch settlers streamed into every unguarded island ...
... once began to restore their ravaged plantations . Circumstances had entirely changed since Menendes's vindication of Spain's colonial monopoly in 1569 , and now English , French and Dutch settlers streamed into every unguarded island ...
Page 667
... once the form of their contribution should be agreed upon " . His retirement involved the laying aside of the scheme which he had elaborated for settling the several problems arising out of the newly acquired lands beyond the ...
... once the form of their contribution should be agreed upon " . His retirement involved the laying aside of the scheme which he had elaborated for settling the several problems arising out of the newly acquired lands beyond the ...
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