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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792258103321

Titolo

The Oxford history of the British Empire . Volume I The origins of empire : British overseas enterprise to the close of the Seventeenth Century / / editor-in-chief, Wm. Roger Louis ; assistant editor, Alaine Low ; Nicholas Canny, editor, Alaine Low, assistant editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-80152-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 533 p.) : ill., maps

Collana

Oxford history of the British Empire ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

325.341

Soggetti

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Great Britain

Great Britain Colonies History 16th century

Great Britain Colonies History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the 16th and 17th centuries.