The Struggle for Sea Power, Book IV of the Story of the WorldCosimo, Inc., 2013. jan. 1. - 248 oldal "Covers the history of the world from the American Revolution to Waterloo--from 1745-1815--and includes tales of: the black hole of Calcutta; George Washington, solider and patriot; how Pitt saved England; The Declaration of Independence and much more."--Cover back. |
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... East is East , and West is West , and never the twain shall meet . " -KIPLING . THE wonderful story of England's conquest of India reads , even to - day , like some fairy legend of the Old World . It is the story of how one small island ...
... East is East , and West is West , and never the twain shall meet . " -KIPLING . THE wonderful story of England's conquest of India reads , even to - day , like some fairy legend of the Old World . It is the story of how one small island ...
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... two hundred years in India . The empire was soon after broken up , and the way left clear for England to found her great Eastern Empire beyond the seas . 1747. ] EUROPEANS IN INDIA . 7 2. ROBERT CLIVE HOW PITT SAVED ENGLAND.
... two hundred years in India . The empire was soon after broken up , and the way left clear for England to found her great Eastern Empire beyond the seas . 1747. ] EUROPEANS IN INDIA . 7 2. ROBERT CLIVE HOW PITT SAVED ENGLAND.
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... East . But from that May day in 1498 , when Vasco da Gama1 and his brave Portuguese sailors stepped ashore at ... East . The Dutch headquarters was at Batavia ; the French at Pondicherry , on the east coast of India ; 1 See Book II ...
... East . But from that May day in 1498 , when Vasco da Gama1 and his brave Portuguese sailors stepped ashore at ... East . The Dutch headquarters was at Batavia ; the French at Pondicherry , on the east coast of India ; 1 See Book II ...
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... East India Company , to " make his fortune or die of a fever . " His voyage was unusually long and tedious , last- ing over a year . At last he arrived at the port of Madras - a barren spot beaten by a raging surf- 10 CLIVE'S ATTACK ON ...
... East India Company , to " make his fortune or die of a fever . " His voyage was unusually long and tedious , last- ing over a year . At last he arrived at the port of Madras - a barren spot beaten by a raging surf- 10 CLIVE'S ATTACK ON ...
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... East by Louis XV . , his dream of empire ended , to die in France heart - broken . But India's troubles were by no means at an end . English trade in the East was growing , and the English had long ago established a trading station at ...
... East by Louis XV . , his dream of empire ended , to die in France heart - broken . But India's troubles were by no means at an end . English trade in the East was growing , and the English had long ago established a trading station at ...
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COPENHAGEN CONTENTS | 24 |
NAPOLEON EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH | 25 |
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR | 26 |
THE DEATH OF NELSON | 27 |
A SECOND CHARLEMAGNE | 28 |
THE RISE OF WELLINGTON | 29 |
NAPOLEONS RETREAT FROM MOSCOW | 39 |
WELLINGTONS VICTORIES IN SPAIN | 40 |
SPAIN FOR THE SPANIARDS | 41 |
THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE | 42 |
STORY OF THE STEAMENGINE | 43 |
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA | 44 |
THE EVE OF WATERLOO | 45 |
WATERLOO | 46 |
AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 116 | 30 |
THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN COLONY | 31 |
STORY OF THE SLAVETRADE | 32 |
THE DEFENCE OF SARAGOZA | 33 |
SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNA | 34 |
THE VICTORY OF TALAVERA | 35 |
THE PEASANT HERO OF THE TYROL | 36 |
THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT | 37 |
THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE | 38 |
JAMES BRUCE AND THE NILE | 55 |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | 65 |
THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES | 75 |
A REIGN OF TERROR | 81 |
HORATIO NELSON | 90 |
THE TRAVELS OF BARON HUMBOLDT | 101 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE STRUGGLE | 107 |
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