The origins of empire British overseas enterprise to the close of the seventeenth century

Canny, Nicholas P. (Added Author). Low, Alaine M. (Added Author).

Summary: Annotation Volume I of theOxford History of the British Empireexplores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on every part of the world that was substantially affected by British colonial activity. As late as 1630, involvement with regions beyond the traditional confines of Europe was still tentative; by 1690 it had

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ISBN: 9780191591778 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0191591777 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0199246769
ISBN: 9780199246762
ISBN: 0199246769
ISBN: 9780199246762
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource : maps.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1998

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General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.10.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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