The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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Side 17
... trade was limited to the Flanders wool trade and the wine trade with Bordeaux ( which gave us the word ' ton ' , a tun of wine being 252 gallons ) . There were pilgrim cruises from Dartmouth to the shrine of St. James in Northern Spain ...
... trade was limited to the Flanders wool trade and the wine trade with Bordeaux ( which gave us the word ' ton ' , a tun of wine being 252 gallons ) . There were pilgrim cruises from Dartmouth to the shrine of St. James in Northern Spain ...
Side 37
... trade to the protesta- tions which emanated from Trinity House . Holland , said Raleigh , had become the modern Venice . Dutch ships had captured the carrying trade of Europe , they monopolized the North Sea fisheries , they had driven ...
... trade to the protesta- tions which emanated from Trinity House . Holland , said Raleigh , had become the modern Venice . Dutch ships had captured the carrying trade of Europe , they monopolized the North Sea fisheries , they had driven ...
Side 191
... trade with the Continent . So futile was the gesture that he might as well have declared the moon to be in a state of blockade . The British reply was by means of Orders in Council . These were always issued on the outbreak of ...
... trade with the Continent . So futile was the gesture that he might as well have declared the moon to be in a state of blockade . The British reply was by means of Orders in Council . These were always issued on the outbreak of ...
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