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... Fleet burnt at Chesmeh . 208 Conclusion of the Russian and Turkish War Death of Mustapha III . and Accession of Abdul Hamed Peace of Kutschuk Kainardji . 217 Russian Pretenders CHAPTER L. War of the Bavarian Succession . - Death of ...
... Fleet burnt at Chesmeh . 208 Conclusion of the Russian and Turkish War Death of Mustapha III . and Accession of Abdul Hamed Peace of Kutschuk Kainardji . 217 Russian Pretenders CHAPTER L. War of the Bavarian Succession . - Death of ...
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... Fleets in the Channel 277 Naval and Colonial Warfare . 278 Russian Declaration 260 Obtains the title of Fidelissmus 1780. The Armed Neutrality . 280 • Gabriel Malagrida 261 281 Pombal expels the Jesuits Causes of the Armed Neu- ( 1759 ) ...
... Fleets in the Channel 277 Naval and Colonial Warfare . 278 Russian Declaration 260 Obtains the title of Fidelissmus 1780. The Armed Neutrality . 280 • Gabriel Malagrida 261 281 Pombal expels the Jesuits Causes of the Armed Neu- ( 1759 ) ...
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... fleet , France was never more formidable at sea than at this period . His commercial system , however , though perhaps suited to the wants and temper of France in those days , would not meet the approbation of modern political ...
... fleet , France was never more formidable at sea than at this period . His commercial system , however , though perhaps suited to the wants and temper of France in those days , would not meet the approbation of modern political ...
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... fleets of war required for the protection of the colonies supplied a new element of national strength . Hence the colonial system has played so important a part in the wars and negotiations of the last two or three centuries , that we ...
... fleets of war required for the protection of the colonies supplied a new element of national strength . Hence the colonial system has played so important a part in the wars and negotiations of the last two or three centuries , that we ...
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... fleet , which he employed in discoveries and commerce , besides erecting several forts in Africa , encouraged his subjects to settle in the Island of Tobago . The flourishing condition to which they brought it roused the avidity of the ...
... fleet , which he employed in discoveries and commerce , besides erecting several forts in Africa , encouraged his subjects to settle in the Island of Tobago . The flourishing condition to which they brought it roused the avidity of the ...
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