Trade, Plunder and Settlement

Trade, Plunder and Settlement
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.

British Atlantic, American Frontier

British Atlantic, American Frontier
Author: Stephen John Hornsby
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781584654278

A pioneering work in Atlantic studies that emphasizes a transnational approach to the past.

Seafaring, Sailors and Trade, 1450-1750

Seafaring, Sailors and Trade, 1450-1750
Author: Geoffrey Vaughn Scammell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This second volume of articles by G.V. Scammell offers new insights into the history of British and European shipping in the centuries of Europe's penetration into the oceans of the world, from the 15th to the 18th century. It examines the building, ownership and operation of merchantmen in the context of economic and social developments of the period, combining this with the investigation of the vital, but still comparatively neglected, subjects of the lives, working conditions, beliefs, skills and behaviour of seamen. This is the basis for discussion of the means and methods by which British shipping and merchants established themselves in oceanic trades, including those of other powers, considered in relation to the growth of British maritime and commercial supremacy. The final studies then examine the causes and consequences of European and British seaborne expansion, particularly in Asia.

John Dee's Natural Philosophy

John Dee's Natural Philosophy
Author: Nicholas Clulee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1136183078

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career. Originally published in 1988, this interpretation is far more detailed than any that came before and is an authoritative account for anyone interested in the history, literature and scientific developments of the Renaissance, or the occult. John Dee has fascinated successive generations. Mathematician, scientist, astrologer and magus at the court of Elizabeth I, he still provokes controversy. To some he is the genius whose contributions to navigation made possible the feats of Elizabethan explorers and colonists, to others an alchemist and charlatan. Thoroughly examining Dee’s natural philosophy, this book provides a balanced evaluation of his place, and the role of the occult, in sixteenth-century intellectual history. It brings together insights from a study of Dee’s writings, the available biographical material, and his sources as reflected in his extensive library and, more importantly, numerous surviving annotated volumes from it.

The Taste of Empire

The Taste of Empire
Author: Lizzie Collingham
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465093175

A history of the British Empire told through twenty meals eaten around the world In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow rice, how the East India Company turned opium into tea, and how Americans became the best-fed people in the world. In The Taste of Empire, Collingham masterfully shows that only by examining the history of Great Britain's global food system, from sixteenth-century Newfoundland fisheries to our present-day eating habits, can we fully understand our capitalist economy and its role in making our modern diets.

Cities and the Circulation of Culture in the Atlantic World

Cities and the Circulation of Culture in the Atlantic World
Author: Leonard von Morzé
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2017-06-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137526068

This book provides a much-needed comparative approach to the history of cities by investigating the dissemination of cultural forms between cities of the Atlantic world. The contributors attend to the various forms and norms of cultural representation in Atlantic history, examining a wealth of diverse topics such as the Portuguese Atlantic; the Spanish Empire; Guy Fawkes and the conspiratorial rhetoric of slaves; Albert-Charles Wulffleff and the Parc-Musée of Dakar; and the writings of Jane Austen, Alexis de Tocqueville, Benjamin Franklin, and others. By interpreting Atlantic urban history through sustained attention to customs and representational forms, an international group of nine contributors demonstrate the power of culture in the making of Atlantic urban experience, even as they acknowledge the harsh realities of economic history.

Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy

Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 3312
Release: 2021-03-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1136191712

Reissuing seminal works originally published between 1916 and 1995, Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy (7 volume set) offers a selection of scholarship covering various facets of alchemical traditions. Some texts examine alchemy itself while some offer insight into the motives for alchemical research and others outlay portraits of people such as Giordano Bruno and John Dee.

The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown

The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
Author: Lorri Glover
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780805086546

In this2gripping account of shipwreck, mutiny, perseverance, and deliverance, the epic story of the wreck of the "Sea Venture" and its consequences for the survival of Jamestown . . . is told for the first time.--James Horn, author of "A Land As God Made It."

A Kingdom Strange

A Kingdom Strange
Author: James Horn
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465021158

In 1587, John White and 117 men, women, and children landed off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island, hoping to carve a colony from fearsome wilderness. A mere month later, facing quickly diminishing supplies and a fierce native population, White sailed back to England in desperation. He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition's sponsor, to rescue the imperiled colonists, but by the time White returned with aid the colonists of Roanoke were nowhere to be found. He never saw his friends or family again. In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants. A compellingly original examination of one of the great unsolved mysteries of American history, A Kingdom Strange will be essential reading for anyone interested in our national origins.

Between Empires

Between Empires
Author: Christopher Ebert
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2008-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9047442776

This study examines the wholesale trade in sugar from Brazil to markets in Europe. The principal market was northwestern Europe, but for much of the time between 1550 and 1630 Portugal was drawn into the conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Dutch Republic. In spite of political obstacles, the trade persisted because it was not subject to monopolies and was relatively lightly regulated and taxed. The investment structure was highly international, as Portugal and northwestern Europe exchanged communities of merchants who were mobile and inter-imperial in both their composition and organization. This conclusion challenges an imperial or mercantilist perspective of the Atlantic economy in its earliest phases.