11) Stanhope, James Stanhope, 1st Earl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
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...Spain, and in 1708 became commander in chief of the British forces there. He soon captured Minorca, taking Port Mahon and making it a winter base for the British...
12) 62999. Voltaire [Francois Marie Arouet]. The Columbia World of Quotations.
1996
...of John Byng in 1757 for his failure to prevent the French from taking the island of Minorca....
13) bayonet. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...hamburger, after Hamburg, Germany; and mayonnaise, possibly from Mahon, the capital of Minorca, are often found together on our tables. The word bayonet, a very undomestic...
14) Paris, Treaty of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cuba and the Philippines were restored to Spain. In Europe the French and Spanish returned Minorca to Great Britain, and France withdrew its troops from Germany....
15) Charles III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily. The Columbia
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...the war on the American side and by the Treaty of Paris of 1783 regained Florida and Minorca. Spain prospered under the rule of Charles, who is regarded as the greatest...
16) Utrecht, Peace of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...treaties relating to the English and French successions. Spain ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Great Britain and ceded Sicily (exchanged in 1720 for Sardinia) to Savoy....
17) 1708, July 11. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Hudson Bay territory but retained Quebec; Spain ceded to Britain Gibraltar, the island of Minorca, and the asiento. 9 (2) Holland: Surrender of the Spanish Netherlands...
18) Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...to the French. When the British commander in chief in the Mediterranean ordered him to Minorca, Nelson refused to obey on the grounds that his presence in Naples...
19) The Idea of a University. II. Site of a University. John Henry Newman.
1909-14. Essays: English and American. The Harvard Classics
...the hum of its bees; nor take much account of the rare flavour of its honey, since Gozo and Minorca were sufficient for the English demand. He would look over the...
20) Paradise. Canto XIX. Dante Alighieri. 1909-14. The Divine Comedy. The
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...where was the tomb of Anchises. [back] Note 13. His uncle. James, King of Majorca and Minorca, brother to Peter III. [back] Note 14. His brother. James II of Arragon,...
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