. Europe and other continents . therefore, thatthey have produced many explorers, such as the Cabotswho sailed from Bristol, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir WalterRaleigh. What parts of the world did they explore? Nor is it to be wondered at that, as these explorers dis-covered new parts of the world, they laid claim to themin the name of their mother country. In this way, andby war, Great Britain came into possession of the Thir-teen Colonies of North America, Canada, India, Australia,much of Africa, and many other places (Fig. 142). Atpresent her territory includes about one-fifth of the landsurf
. Europe and other continents . therefore, thatthey have produced many explorers, such as the Cabotswho sailed from Bristol, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir WalterRaleigh. What parts of the world did they explore? Nor is it to be wondered at that, as these explorers dis-covered new parts of the world, they laid claim to themin the name of their mother country. In this way, andby war, Great Britain came into possession of the Thir-teen Colonies of North America, Canada, India, Australia,much of Africa, and many other places (Fig. 142). Atpresent her territory includes about one-fifth of the landsurface of the globe and one-fourth of its inhabitants. These colonies and dependencies help to explain GreatBritains enormous foreign commerce; for the colonieshave found it more advantageous to trade with the mothercountry than with other nations speaking a different lan-guage and having less understanding of them or sym-pathy with them. They sell to her their raw products,including food, and she in return sends to them clothing,. THE BRITISH ISLES 203 steel goods, and other manufactured articles. It is largelythe exchange of goods with these colonies that has madethe foreign trade of Great Britain nearly twice that ofany other nation. Next to her colonies Great Britainsgreatest trade is with the United States. Some of the reasons why this little island should ownmore vessels than any other nation have already fishing, exploring, and making settlements, a large
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