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Part 1 - Enterprising Scots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2023

J. Forbes Munro
J. Forbes Munro
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University of Glasgow
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Probably in no city in the British overseas dominions can Scotsmen cite with greater pride and justification more noteworthy achievements by their countrymen than the examples provided in that connection by Calcutta. There is something about engineering and merchandising on a big scale that seems peculiarly adapted to the Scottish mind.

A. MacMillan (ed.) Seaports of India and Ceylon (London, 1928), p. 78
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Maritime Enterprise and Empire
Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893
 , pp. 13 - 14
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2003

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  • Enterprising Scots
  • J. Forbes Munro, University of Glasgow
  • Book: Maritime Enterprise and Empire
  • Online publication: 17 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846151132.002
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  • Enterprising Scots
  • J. Forbes Munro, University of Glasgow
  • Book: Maritime Enterprise and Empire
  • Online publication: 17 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846151132.002
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  • Enterprising Scots
  • J. Forbes Munro, University of Glasgow
  • Book: Maritime Enterprise and Empire
  • Online publication: 17 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846151132.002
Available formats
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