The Oxford History of the British Empire : Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century [ electronic resource ] / by Nicholas Canny.
By: Canny, Nicholas.
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TextPublisher: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2011ISBN: 9780198205623 ( e-book ).Subject(s): British and Irish Modern History | History | World Modern HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic booksOnline resources: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205623.001.0001 View to click Summary: This book, the first volume of the Oxford History of the British Empire series, explores 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 become a firm commitment.
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This book, the first volume of the Oxford History of the British Empire series, explores 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 become a firm commitment.
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