History of the Island of St. Helena, From Its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1823

History of the Island of St. Helena, From Its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1823
Author: Thomas H Brooke
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2021-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781015275164

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Britain's Maritime Empire

Britain's Maritime Empire
Author: John McAleer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107100720

Analyses the critical role played by the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in the development of the British Empire. Focusing on a region that connected the Atlantic and Indian oceans at the centre of a vital maritime chain linking Europe with Asia, the book re-examines and reappraises Britain's oceanic empire.