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 115
... overseas empire . Never were there greater temptations to privateering , the Spaniards being unable to observe the main ports whence our seamen stole forth to the Indies . England's strategic advantages over France were less marked ...
... overseas empire . Never were there greater temptations to privateering , the Spaniards being unable to observe the main ports whence our seamen stole forth to the Indies . England's strategic advantages over France were less marked ...
Page 302
... overseas . New England , it was said , was useful only to supply the West Indies , and in 1763 statesmen hesitated between Canada and Guadeloupe . Even Choiseul opined that Corsica was worth more to France than Canada had been or could ...
... overseas . New England , it was said , was useful only to supply the West Indies , and in 1763 statesmen hesitated between Canada and Guadeloupe . Even Choiseul opined that Corsica was worth more to France than Canada had been or could ...
Page 319
... overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the third great consequence of the war , the rise of William of ...
... overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the third great consequence of the war , the rise of William of ...
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