Trade, Plunder and Settlement
Subtitle: Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630 (Cambridge Paperback Library)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 25, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521276986
Subjects: World history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Economic History; Colonial companies; Business & Economics; History - General History; History; Business/Economics; Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Expeditions & Discoveries; Maritime History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Great Britain--Commerce--History; Great Britain--Commerce--History Great Britai; History-Europe - Great Britain - General; History-Expeditions & Discoveries; 16th century; Colonies; Commerce
First sentence: In the years from 1480 to 1510 Englishmen made a significant contribution to the European movement of discovery, which in those decades advanced with such strides as to bring about a revolution in geography and eventually in world trade.