The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... York might be able to win from Detroit some of the trade in food supplies with the western posts . The con- struction of the overland portion of this new route , extending from York to Lake Simcoe and named Yonge Street in honour of Sir ...
... York might be able to win from Detroit some of the trade in food supplies with the western posts . The con- struction of the overland portion of this new route , extending from York to Lake Simcoe and named Yonge Street in honour of Sir ...
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... York soon challenged the commercial supremacy of the eastern centre . Simcoe decided to move the capital to York because , while being more distant from the boundary than either Newark or Kingston , it also possessed an excellent ...
... York soon challenged the commercial supremacy of the eastern centre . Simcoe decided to move the capital to York because , while being more distant from the boundary than either Newark or Kingston , it also possessed an excellent ...
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... York and to the West , with one or two invasions of the hinterland like Perth , Hull or Peterborough ; a land of rough scattered villages , and settlements not yet villages ; a population whose sober industry was in part counteracted by ...
... York and to the West , with one or two invasions of the hinterland like Perth , Hull or Peterborough ; a land of rough scattered villages , and settlements not yet villages ; a population whose sober industry was in part counteracted by ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
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