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Author Lancaster Hoskins, Halford

Title British Routes to India
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (529 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals Ser
Routledge Revivals Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; I. BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH INTEREST IN EGYPT; II. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE OVERLAND ROUTE; III. BLOWS AT BRITAIN'S ""FEET OF CLAY; IV. STEAM AND THE ALL-SEA ROUTE TO INDIA; V. TENTATIVE TRIALS OF THE SUEZ PASSAGE; VI. THE SHAPING OF A BRITISH EASTERN POLICY; VII. ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE EUPHRATES ROUTE; VIII. PAVING THE WAY TO INDIA; IX. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OVERLAND ROUTE; X. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF COMMUNICATION; XI. DISPUTED GUARDIANSHIP OF THE ROUTES TO INDIA; XII. BEGINNINGS OF THE SUEZ CANAL
XIII. THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAYXIV. THE BUILDING OF THE SUEZ CANAL; XV. TELEGRAPHIC ROUTES TO THE EAST; XVI. IMPROVEMENTS IN EASTERN COMMUNICATIONS.; XVII. REVIVAL OF PROJECTS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE; XVIII. THE CANAL AND THE CONTROL OF EGYPT; Index
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ISBN 9780429682957
0429682956