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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... Orders were given that the vessels captured were to be brought into the western ports without disturbing their cargoes . The crews were to be imprisoned in reprisal for Philip II's seizure in May 1585 of the English ships and mariners ...
... Orders were given that the vessels captured were to be brought into the western ports without disturbing their cargoes . The crews were to be imprisoned in reprisal for Philip II's seizure in May 1585 of the English ships and mariners ...
Page 343
... orders to Admiral Haddock , and telling him to remain in the Mediterranean . It is hard to decide whether these orders , or the attitude of the South Sea Company , was the more re- sponsible for the change in the tone of the Spanish ...
... orders to Admiral Haddock , and telling him to remain in the Mediterranean . It is hard to decide whether these orders , or the attitude of the South Sea Company , was the more re- sponsible for the change in the tone of the Spanish ...
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... ordered to their posts , and governors were instructed to help them in suppressing illicit trade . Warships were moved to the coast with orders to intercept smugglers . At the same time the Molasses Act of 1733 , which had expired in ...
... ordered to their posts , and governors were instructed to help them in suppressing illicit trade . Warships were moved to the coast with orders to intercept smugglers . At the same time the Molasses Act of 1733 , which had expired in ...
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