The Englishman in IndiaLongmans, Green, 1867 - 351 páginas |
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... Soon after Cabral's departure , this humble factory was de- stroyed by the natives . The Portuguese were cruelly murdered . For this treacherous act a fearful revenge was taken . The court at Lisbon hastened to send out Vasco de Gama to ...
... Soon after Cabral's departure , this humble factory was de- stroyed by the natives . The Portuguese were cruelly murdered . For this treacherous act a fearful revenge was taken . The court at Lisbon hastened to send out Vasco de Gama to ...
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... Soon after Best's exploit , Sir Thomas Smith , who , with twenty - four directors , had been originally placed at the head of the India Company , persuaded King James to depute Sir Thomas Roe as a royal ambassador to the Mogul , with ...
... Soon after Best's exploit , Sir Thomas Smith , who , with twenty - four directors , had been originally placed at the head of the India Company , persuaded King James to depute Sir Thomas Roe as a royal ambassador to the Mogul , with ...
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... soon bristled round the island , and every nerve was stretched to improve this important possession , and to defend one of the best natural harbours in the world . But the struggles between the Mahrattas and the Mogul Emperor soon ...
... soon bristled round the island , and every nerve was stretched to improve this important possession , and to defend one of the best natural harbours in the world . But the struggles between the Mahrattas and the Mogul Emperor soon ...
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... soon after leaving Lahore : I doe enjoy at this time as pancraticall and athletical a health as ever I did in my life , ' determining in his next booke ' to be painted sitting on an elephant ; but was ailing when in Sir Thomas Roe's ...
... soon after leaving Lahore : I doe enjoy at this time as pancraticall and athletical a health as ever I did in my life , ' determining in his next booke ' to be painted sitting on an elephant ; but was ailing when in Sir Thomas Roe's ...
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... soon see , did they lack the spirit to profit by them . Both these problems had , I repeat , been solved before , in the days of Alexander ; but both were new to our countrymen . At the very time of Paradis's exploit the English were ...
... soon see , did they lack the spirit to profit by them . Both these problems had , I repeat , been solved before , in the days of Alexander ; but both were new to our countrymen . At the very time of Paradis's exploit the English were ...
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