A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, المجلد 2Clarendon Press, 1890 |
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... sent from London to the East under the command of James Lancaster . On their return voyage they found their way to the West Indies ; and at Hispaniola , at the end of 1593 , Lancaster sent on one of his followers , Henry May , in a ...
... sent from London to the East under the command of James Lancaster . On their return voyage they found their way to the West Indies ; and at Hispaniola , at the end of 1593 , Lancaster sent on one of his followers , Henry May , in a ...
الصفحة 8
... sent out under Company three of its most prominent members , Gates , Somers , and Comers . Newport . The second of the three , and the leading spirit , Sir George Somers , was the man after whom the Bermudas were called the Somers ...
... sent out under Company three of its most prominent members , Gates , Somers , and Comers . Newport . The second of the three , and the leading spirit , Sir George Somers , was the man after whom the Bermudas were called the Somers ...
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... sent out in 1612 , before the new Company had been Bermudas . formed . Richard Moore , a ship's carpenter , was the first the islands . Governor , and the instructions given to him specified various sources of wealth which might be ...
... sent out in 1612 , before the new Company had been Bermudas . formed . Richard Moore , a ship's carpenter , was the first the islands . Governor , and the instructions given to him specified various sources of wealth which might be ...
الصفحة 13
... sent six representatives and the common land twelve ; and a General Assembly , held once in every two years , which included the Governor and Council , and to which each tribe sent four representatives and the common land eight . The ...
... sent six representatives and the common land twelve ; and a General Assembly , held once in every two years , which included the Governor and Council , and to which each tribe sent four representatives and the common land eight . The ...
الصفحة 23
... sent to and employed in the islands , the number at one time being over 1500 , after the emancipation of the slaves had made forced labour more valuable . The Bermudas , however , were never a penal settlement in the same sense as ...
... sent to and employed in the islands , the number at one time being over 1500 , after the emancipation of the slaves had made forced labour more valuable . The Bermudas , however , were never a penal settlement in the same sense as ...
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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.