A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, المجلد 2Clarendon Press, 1890 |
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... England he published a short and simple account of the place where he had been so ' ill- welcomed by the rocks ' , ' which is to be found in the pages of Hakluyt . To the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century ...
... England he published a short and simple account of the place where he had been so ' ill- welcomed by the rocks ' , ' which is to be found in the pages of Hakluyt . To the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century ...
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... Worthies of England , among the Worthies of Dorsetshire . 3 One of the shoals off St. George's island is still known as Sea Venture Flat . I. safety . There they stayed till the tenth of 8 HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE COLONIES .
... Worthies of England , among the Worthies of Dorsetshire . 3 One of the shoals off St. George's island is still known as Sea Venture Flat . I. safety . There they stayed till the tenth of 8 HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE COLONIES .
الصفحة 9
... England ; and , towards the end of June , Somers undertook to fetch food from the Bermudas , ' the most plentiful place that ever I came to for fish , hogs , and fowl . ' He reached the islands Death of in safety , but reached them only ...
... England ; and , towards the end of June , Somers undertook to fetch food from the Bermudas , ' the most plentiful place that ever I came to for fish , hogs , and fowl . ' He reached the islands Death of in safety , but reached them only ...
الصفحة 10
... England to the Bermudas . There was much to attract in the tale which they had to tell . The islands now recalled the adventures and death of a leading Englishman . While Virginia had been tried and found grievously wanting , the ...
... England to the Bermudas . There was much to attract in the tale which they had to tell . The islands now recalled the adventures and death of a leading Englishman . While Virginia had been tried and found grievously wanting , the ...
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... England in 1611. In March The 1612 the Virginia Company procured an extension of their Bermuda Company . charter so as to cover all islands within three hundred leagues of the Virginian shore and thereby to include the Bermudas . In the ...
... England in 1611. In March The 1612 the Virginia Company procured an extension of their Bermuda Company . charter so as to cover all islands within three hundred leagues of the Virginian shore and thereby to include the Bermudas . In the ...
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America Antigua Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermudas Britain British colony British Guiana British Honduras buccaneers Caicos Cape Gracias Caribs Carlisle Caroni century CHAPTER coast cocoa Columbus continent Council Courland Crown district Dominica Dutch early east East Falkland eastern England English Essequibo European export Falkland French given Governor Gracias à Dios grant Grenada Gulf of Paria Harbour Hispaniola importance inhabitants Jamaica King Kitts labour land Leeward Islands Lord Willoughby Lucia mainland mainly Maroons ment Montserrat Mosquito mountains natives negroes Nevis northern Orinoco parish peace plantations population Port of Spain possession revenue river runs SECTION sent settled settlement settlers ships shore slavery slaves southern Spaniards Spanish square miles sugar tion Tobago took town trade treaty Trinidad Turks Vincent voyage West Indian West Indian colonies West Indian islands West Indies western side Windward Islands Yucatan
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الصفحة 230 - For a while, at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
الصفحة 262 - Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which His subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the Territory of Spain in that part of the world...
الصفحة 299 - A New English Dictionary, on Historical Principles: founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society. Edited by James AH Murray, LL.D., with the assistance of many Scholars and men of Science.
الصفحة 13 - I do declare and promise that I will be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords.
الصفحة 301 - Twiss. The Law of Nations considered as Independent Political Communities. By Sir Travers Twiss, DCL Part I. On the Rights and Duties of Nations in time of Peace. New Edition. 8vo. 155. Part II. On the Rights and Duties of Nations in time of War.
الصفحة 168 - ... that is to say, upon all dead commodities of the growth or produce of this island, that shall be shipped off the same, shall be paid to our Sovereign Lord the King, his heirs and successors for ever, four and a half in specie for every five score.
الصفحة 10 - Virginia company and formed a company under the name and style of the Governor and Company of the City of London, for the plantation of the Somer Islands.
الصفحة 93 - We have done the like to the Windward English Islands ; and both in England and Scotland and Ireland, you will have what men and women we can well transport.
الصفحة 60 - But though the policy of Great Britain with regard to the trade of her colonies has been dictated by the same mercantile spirit as that of other nations, it has, however, upon the whole, been less illiberal and oppressive than that of any of them.
الصفحة 60 - ... with all the other colonies of France, though it no doubt retarded, had not been able to stop its progress altogether. The course of its prosperity returned as soon as it was relieved from that oppression. It is now the most important of the sugar colonies of the West Indies, and its produce is said to be greater than that of all the English sugar colonies put together.