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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Hawkins sailed again in 1564 with four vessels , of which one , the Jesus of Lübeck , was a ship belonging to the Queen's Navy . This time he sold his negroes in the ports of the Spanish Main , from Borburata along to Rio de la Hacha .
Hawkins sailed again in 1564 with four vessels , of which one , the Jesus of Lübeck , was a ship belonging to the Queen's Navy . This time he sold his negroes in the ports of the Spanish Main , from Borburata along to Rio de la Hacha .
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Then , in 1669 , an expedition sailed from England with about a hundred emigrants , picked up more at Barbados and Bermuda , and in 1670 disembarked them all at the harbour subsequently called Charleston . Next year some recruits from ...
Then , in 1669 , an expedition sailed from England with about a hundred emigrants , picked up more at Barbados and Bermuda , and in 1670 disembarked them all at the harbour subsequently called Charleston . Next year some recruits from ...
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Every year ships sailed for the Indies , at first freely in small groups and then in two organised fleets . In the middle period of the sixteenth century , the fleets sailed separately , but as the seas grew more unsafe they journeyed ...
Every year ships sailed for the Indies , at first freely in small groups and then in two organised fleets . In the middle period of the sixteenth century , the fleets sailed separately , but as the seas grew more unsafe they journeyed ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 9 |
ENGLAND AND THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTIC | 22 |
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