A Student's History of England from the Earliest Times to 1885, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... islands . The Eskimos of the extreme north Engraved bone from Cresswell Crags , Derbyshire , now in the British ... island was thus formed out of land which had once been part of the con- tinent . After this process had taken place ...
... islands . The Eskimos of the extreme north Engraved bone from Cresswell Crags , Derbyshire , now in the British ... island was thus formed out of land which had once been part of the con- tinent . After this process had taken place ...
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... island . ( Evans . ) With their stone axes they made clearings in the woods They in which to place their settlements . brought with them do- mestic animals , sheep and goats , dogs and pigs . They spun thread with spindle and distaff ...
... island . ( Evans . ) With their stone axes they made clearings in the woods They in which to place their settlements . brought with them do- mestic animals , sheep and goats , dogs and pigs . They spun thread with spindle and distaff ...
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... island was Albion . It is un- certain whether the word is of Celtic or of Iberian origin . The later name Britain is derived from a second swarm of Celts called Brythons or Britons , who after a long interval followed the first Celtic ...
... island was Albion . It is un- certain whether the word is of Celtic or of Iberian origin . The later name Britain is derived from a second swarm of Celts called Brythons or Britons , who after a long interval followed the first Celtic ...
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... island which produces tin , and it has therefore been thought that the Cassiterides , or tin islands , which the Phoenicians visited , were to be found in that region . It has , how- ever , been recently shown that the Cassiterides were ...
... island which produces tin , and it has therefore been thought that the Cassiterides , or tin islands , which the Phoenicians visited , were to be found in that region . It has , how- ever , been recently shown that the Cassiterides were ...
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... island , and therefore of being in commercial communication with the continental Gauls of their own race and language . Trade increased , and brought with it the introduction of some things which the Britons would not have invented for ...
... island , and therefore of being in commercial communication with the continental Gauls of their own race and language . Trade increased , and brought with it the introduction of some things which the Britons would not have invented for ...
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