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Mr. J. A. WILLIAMSON and Mr. ERNEST YOUNG, ' Empire History and Geography '

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GEOGRAPHY has always played an extremely largo part in the history of the B.itish
Empire, but never more so than in those days when the West Indies were being opened up by pioneers like the Cabots and adventurers like Hawkins and Drake. How much the foundation of the Empire in the Western Hemisphere owed to such geographical factors as the trade winds will be the subject of the talks today.

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