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Language: en
Pages: 408
Pages: 408
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984-11-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Traces the maritime expansion of England through descriptions of a multitude of sea voyages from 1480 through 1630. Analyzes exploration, trading enterprise ven
Language: en
Pages: 300
Pages: 300
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From the time of Cook, the British and their Canadian successors were drawn to the Northwest coast of North America by possibilities of trade in sea otter and t
Language: en
Pages: 298
Pages: 298
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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Language: en
Pages: 900
Pages: 900
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-10-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
The English/British have always been known as the sailor race with hearts of oak: the Royal Navy as the Senior Service and First Line of Defense. It facilitated