The Englishman in IndiaLongmans, Green, 1867 - 351 páginas |
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... formed for trading in various directions . In 1581 , the Turkey Company was established , with the object of supplanting the Venetian merchants in their trade with England . Drake and Cavendish sailed round the world . Men's minds began ...
... formed for trading in various directions . In 1581 , the Turkey Company was established , with the object of supplanting the Venetian merchants in their trade with England . Drake and Cavendish sailed round the world . Men's minds began ...
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... formed - an association destined to influence the fortunes of the world , to do much , suffer much , for two and a half centuries , and then in exchange for the royal charter of Queen Eliza- beth to surrender the Empire of the East to ...
... formed - an association destined to influence the fortunes of the world , to do much , suffer much , for two and a half centuries , and then in exchange for the royal charter of Queen Eliza- beth to surrender the Empire of the East to ...
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... formed part of the marriage portion of his wife , Catherine , the infanta of Portugal . Fresh privileges accompanied this grant , and the powers of the Company were increased . One hundred cannon soon bristled round the island , and ...
... formed part of the marriage portion of his wife , Catherine , the infanta of Portugal . Fresh privileges accompanied this grant , and the powers of the Company were increased . One hundred cannon soon bristled round the island , and ...
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... forming itself into reality . Courtiers already told him that the Great Mogul trembled at the name of Dupleix . He had beaten off the only rivals who stood in his path . La Bourdonnais , doomed to perish by inches in the Bastille , had ...
... forming itself into reality . Courtiers already told him that the Great Mogul trembled at the name of Dupleix . He had beaten off the only rivals who stood in his path . La Bourdonnais , doomed to perish by inches in the Bastille , had ...
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... formed against him . The English commander would * Orme and Grose give the following numbers in describing the army of Nasir Jung : —300,000 fighting men , horse and foot ; 800 pieces of cannon ; 1,300 elephants of war . have given ...
... formed against him . The English commander would * Orme and Grose give the following numbers in describing the army of Nasir Jung : —300,000 fighting men , horse and foot ; 800 pieces of cannon ; 1,300 elephants of war . have given ...
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