The History of British India, Том 1J. Madden, 1848 |
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... the remains of the ancient Portuguese . TOPE . A grove of trees . TUNCAW , TUNKHA . An assignment on the revenue , for personal support , or other purposes . TUMBRIL . A carriage for the gun am- munition . xlii GLOSSARY .
... the remains of the ancient Portuguese . TOPE . A grove of trees . TUNCAW , TUNKHA . An assignment on the revenue , for personal support , or other purposes . TUMBRIL . A carriage for the gun am- munition . xlii GLOSSARY .
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... Portuguese had formed important establish- ments in India , before the British offered themselves as competitors for the riches of the East . From the time when Vasco de Gama distinguished his nation by discovering the passage round the ...
... Portuguese had formed important establish- ments in India , before the British offered themselves as competitors for the riches of the East . From the time when Vasco de Gama distinguished his nation by discovering the passage round the ...
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... Portuguese , inflamed the cupidity of all the maritime nations of Europe , and set before them the most tempting prospects . An active spirit of commerce had already begun to display itself in England . The nation had hap- pily obtained ...
... Portuguese , inflamed the cupidity of all the maritime nations of Europe , and set before them the most tempting prospects . An active spirit of commerce had already begun to display itself in England . The nation had hap- pily obtained ...
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... Portuguese transactions in the East peculiarly attracted the admiration of the English . Already a most adven- turous spirit of navigation was roused in the nation . The English were the first who had imitated the example of the ...
... Portuguese transactions in the East peculiarly attracted the admiration of the English . Already a most adven- turous spirit of navigation was roused in the nation . The English were the first who had imitated the example of the ...
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... Portuguese . As that nation had obtained a passage to India by a course to the south - east , and pretended a right , which they defended by force , to its exclusive occu- pation , he supposed that his countrymen might reach the same ...
... Portuguese . As that nation had obtained a passage to India by a course to the south - east , and pretended a right , which they defended by force , to its exclusive occu- pation , he supposed that his countrymen might reach the same ...
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