The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century

Book Overview

Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199246769
• ISBN13: 9780199246762
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"