The story of the Union Jack; how it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the history of Canada (1897)
Cumberland, Barlow, 1846-1913 · Toronto W. Briggs · leaf 84
or its own national flag—a preferencewhich its adherents expressed in their ownway, and most probably in terms not untingedby caustic references to controversies and con-tentions of previous days. Thus it occurred that in 1606, three yearsafter the joining of the two thrones, the king,finding that… … 19. Jack OF James I., 1606. in future to display their national Jacks, andalso authorizing a new flag which was to beused in addition tothem. This flag wasthe additional Jackof James I. (19). It is probable thatthe English sailor hadobjected to seeing theScotch cross raised on the mast above…
Flags -- Great Britain
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