A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, المجلد 2Clarendon Press, 1890 |
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... grant of one of the islands in the 1 It may be also mentioned that about 1694 a tax was placed on all Jews arriving in the islands for purposes of trade . 2 See below , pp . 140 , 179 . No record of the grant has been found , and the ...
... grant of one of the islands in the 1 It may be also mentioned that about 1694 a tax was placed on all Jews arriving in the islands for purposes of trade . 2 See below , pp . 140 , 179 . No record of the grant has been found , and the ...
الصفحة 22
... grant of £ 20,000 ; and in 1729 he embarked for America , hopeful and intent on carrying out his project . But he fared no better than many other unworldly and single - minded men . He remained three years in Rhode Island , waiting for ...
... grant of £ 20,000 ; and in 1729 he embarked for America , hopeful and intent on carrying out his project . But he fared no better than many other unworldly and single - minded men . He remained three years in Rhode Island , waiting for ...
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... grants from government funds at the rate of £ 10 for every hundred members at the last preceding census . Although the records of the Bermudas are full of educa- Education . tional schemes , from free schools such as that kept by ...
... grants from government funds at the rate of £ 10 for every hundred members at the last preceding census . Although the records of the Bermudas are full of educa- Education . tional schemes , from free schools such as that kept by ...
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... grants or to Spanish settlement in America was carried on directly English , under the Crown ; the grant made to Columbus was rather French , that of a hereditary governorship than of the ownership of so much American land ; but , when ...
... grants or to Spanish settlement in America was carried on directly English , under the Crown ; the grant made to Columbus was rather French , that of a hereditary governorship than of the ownership of so much American land ; but , when ...
الصفحة 44
... grants made by the Stuarts , such , for instance , as the grant to the Earl of Carlisle , were rather in the nature of gifts of private property by one person to another . The rulers ' ignorance of exact geographical limits , an ...
... grants made by the Stuarts , such , for instance , as the grant to the Earl of Carlisle , were rather in the nature of gifts of private property by one person to another . The rulers ' ignorance of exact geographical limits , an ...
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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.