Trade, Plunder and Settlement Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630
by Kenneth R. Andrews, Kenneth Raymond Andrews, Jeffrey Alan Gray
Category: Business & Economics

Traces the maritime expansion of England through descriptions of a multitude of sea voyages from 1480 through 1630. Analyzes exploration, trading enterprise ventures and piracy and reveals how the attempts to create British settlements overseas resulted in the founding of the first New World colonies.