Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... France , and , in order to save the rest of his kingdom , the King of France ceded to the Normans , Rouen and all the province of Neustria ( since known as Normandy ) , on condition that the chief , Rollo , should be baptised . Of the ...
... France , and , in order to save the rest of his kingdom , the King of France ceded to the Normans , Rouen and all the province of Neustria ( since known as Normandy ) , on condition that the chief , Rollo , should be baptised . Of the ...
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... France , in the seventeenth century , favoured its commercial prosperity . The era of independent cities was dying out , and Marseilles took its place in the new order of things as a maritime port of a great Power . Just before the ...
... France , in the seventeenth century , favoured its commercial prosperity . The era of independent cities was dying out , and Marseilles took its place in the new order of things as a maritime port of a great Power . Just before the ...
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... France hated Howard because he had exposed the evils of the prison systems there , and not only was his application for a permit to visit Marseilles refused , but he was peremptorily forbidden to enter France on pain of being sent to ...
... France hated Howard because he had exposed the evils of the prison systems there , and not only was his application for a permit to visit Marseilles refused , but he was peremptorily forbidden to enter France on pain of being sent to ...
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CaliforniaSir Francis DrakeThe Spanish GalleonsThe Franciscan MissionsIndians Converted and Dying | 1 |
Plan of San Francisco | 9 |
The City Hall | 16 |
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