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Page 107
... vast southern continent , still unknown . In 1740- 44 Anson circumnavigated the world , and Cook's brilliant ex- ploration of 1768-9 opened up vast prospects , at first little regarded , in Australia and New Zealand . - The East India ...
... vast southern continent , still unknown . In 1740- 44 Anson circumnavigated the world , and Cook's brilliant ex- ploration of 1768-9 opened up vast prospects , at first little regarded , in Australia and New Zealand . - The East India ...
Page 380
... vast responsibilities were discharged with relatively little bureaucratic fuss ; one can imagine the much more meticulous pomposity , the mountains of paperasserie , that could have settled on India under most other European régimes ...
... vast responsibilities were discharged with relatively little bureaucratic fuss ; one can imagine the much more meticulous pomposity , the mountains of paperasserie , that could have settled on India under most other European régimes ...
Page 427
... vast resources for his major ambition - European settlement beyond the Limpopo to the Zambezi and beyond . The proliferating railways and markets spreading over South Africa now urgently demanded the fiscal union that the Boer republic ...
... vast resources for his major ambition - European settlement beyond the Limpopo to the Zambezi and beyond . The proliferating railways and markets spreading over South Africa now urgently demanded the fiscal union that the Boer republic ...
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Preface | 9 |
The Island Base | 21 |
The Muscovy Company Persia and | 33 |
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