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| Author | : Kenneth R. Andrews |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 1984-11-29 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780521276986 |
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.
| 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.
| Author | : Barry M. Gough |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2023-05-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1000943313 |
From the time of Cook, the British and their Canadian successors were drawn to the Northwest coast of North America by possibilities of trade in sea otter and the wish to find a 'northwest passage'. The studies collected here trace how, under the influences of the Royal Navy and British statecraft, the British came to dominate the area, with expeditions sent from London, Bombay and Macau, and the Canadian quest from overland. The North West Company came to control the trade of the Columbia River, despite American opposition, and British sloop diplomacy helped overcome Russian and Spanish resistance to British aspirations. Elsewhere in the Americas, the British promoted trans-Pacific trade with China, harvested British Columbia forests, conveyed specie from western Mexico, and established the South America naval station. The flag followed trade and vice versa; empire was both formal (at Vancouver Island) and informal (as in California or Mexico). This book features individuals such as James Cook, William Bolts, Peter Pond, and Sir Alexander Mackenzie. It is also an account of the pressure that corporations placed on the British state in shaping the emerging world of trade and colonization in that distant ocean and its shores, and of the importance of sea-power in the creation of modern Canada.
| Author | : Alex Roland |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 564 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0470136006 |
"The Way of the Ship offers a global perspective and considers both oceanic shipping and domestics shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. The result is an eye-opening, authoritative look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shape the nation's history."--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : Theodore Roosevelt |
| Publisher | : Franklin Classics |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 2018-10-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780342577903 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
| Author | : Jean Sutton |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1843835835 |
The book charts in detail successive voyages by members of the Larkins family, who were leading owners of East India Company ships, showing what it was like to sail to and trade with India in this period. It provides a great deal of material on trade, warfare, developments in seamanship and navigation, the opening up of trade to China, and much more.
| Author | : J. Forbes Munro |
| Publisher | : Boydell Press |
| Total Pages | : 546 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780851159355 |
The 19C roots of globalisation demonstrated through an account of the enterprise network created by the Scottish merchant, William Mackinnon. WINNER OF THE 2004 WADSWORTH PRIZE. WINNER OF THE 2004 SALTIRE SOCIETY RESEARCH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. This book explores the nineteenth century roots of globalisation through the activities of the enterprise network created by the Scottish merchant, William Mackinnon. It follows the rise of the family-led business group from its modest origins in Scotland to its transformation into the world's largest maritime and mercantile conglomerate, tracing the history of the various shipping firms within the group - including the British India, Netherlands India andAustralasian United companies - and identifies the key factors behind its domination of coastal steamshipping around the Indian Ocean and into the western Pacific. It provides an analysis of the anatomy and dynamics of the enterprise network over time. The book also examines Mackinnon's relationship with the imperial statesman, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, which drew the network into the operations of British "informal imperialism" in the Persian Gulf, Red Seaand East-Central Africa regions, and eventually to its sponsorship of the ill-fated Imperial British East Africa Company. It breaks new ground in identifying the interplay of personal and business considerations behind Mackinnon's participation in the "Scramble for Africa" in its combination of maritime history with business history and imperial history to contribute to the current debate over "gentlemanly capitalism" and British overseas expansion. WINNER OF THE 2004 WADSWORTH PRIZE. JOINT WINNER OF THE 2004 SALTIRE SOCIETY RESEARCH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. J. FORBES MUNRO is emeritus professor of international economic history, University of Glasgow.
| Author | : Christopher P. Magra |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 2016-10-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107112141 |
An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy's impressment of American ships and mariners.
| Author | : Benjamin Woods Labaree |
| Publisher | : Mystic Seaport Museum |
| Total Pages | : 704 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Spanning the centuries from maritime activities before Columbus to the nation's maritime involvement today, this rich, complex archive provides a new history of the United States from the fundamental perspective of the sea that surrounds it, and the rivers and lakes that link its vast interior to the seacoast. 350 photos, 55 in color. 10 maps.
| Author | : Jack Coggins |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2002-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780486420721 |
This carefully researched account of a lesser-known but vital aspect of the American war for independence chronicles exciting ship-to-ship battles, Benedict Arnold's efforts to build a fleet in Lake Champlain, the harassment of British ships by privateers, David Bushnell's "sub-marine" vessel and floating mines, uniforms, and much more. More than 150 black-and-white illustrations.
