Trade, Plunder and Settlement: Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630 (Cambridge Paperback Library)
by Andrews, Kenneth R
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pict. paper binding, ix, 394 pages.1 illustration, maps.CONTENTS: 1. Early ventures 1480-1550; 2. The northeast; 3. From Muscovy to Persia; 4. The Levant; 5. Western Africa; 6. The Caribbean; 7. Beyond the equinoctial; 8. Northwest with Frobisher and Davis; 9. Gilbert's ventures; 10. Roanoke; 11. The sea-war 1585-1603; 12. The East India Company; 13. The West Indies 1585-1630; 14. North America 1591-1630; 15. North and Northwest 1602-32; 16. Reflections; Bibliography; Index.In his book, Kenneth Andrews aims not merely to recount the origins of the British Empire, but to explain the course of English overseas expansion and the beginning of the overseas empire. The introductory essay discusses the forces and motives involved in the expansion movement which is seen as being part of a wider European movement..
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- Trade, Plunder and Settlement: Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630 (Cambridge Paperback Library)
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- Andrews, Kenneth R
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- 1985
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- Discoveries in geography -- English.Voyages and travels.Colonial companies.Great Britain -- Commerce -- History. Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. Great Britain -- History -- 1485- Descubrimientos geogra?ficos brita?nicos. Viajes. Voyages. Compagnies
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