British Maritime Enterprise in the New World
Subtitle: From the Late Fifteenth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century (Studies in British History)
Series: Studies in British History, v. 57
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: October 1999
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 619
ISBN-13: 9780773478664
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Geographical discovery & exploration; Maritime history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History - Military / War; Naval History - Modern; U.S. - Discovery And Exploration; United States - General; History; Military - Other; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History, Naval; Military - Naval; Discovery and exploration; America; Colonial companies; English; Great Britain
Notes: Extensive bibliography of manuscripts and printed works in English and Spanish, with footnotes. Index of places, persons and ships' names.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgements
title: xiii; label: Abbreviations
title: xv; label: Preface by Professor John Fisher
title: xvii; label: Introduction: motives, ships, navigation, conditions on board
title: 1; label: PART 1 The West Indies and Spanish Main
title: 31; label: PART 2 North America
title: 231; label: PART 3 The South Atlantic and the South Sea
title: 329; label: Epilogue
title: Falkland Isles, Terra Australis Incognita, the North-West Passage, 19th-c. scientists and naval seamen
pagenum: 544; label: Bibliography
title: 559; label: Index
title: 581