The Basingstoke Admiral: A Life of Sir James Lancaster

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: The Hobnob Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers with an early portrait of Sir James Lancaster. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners & rear cover. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Coloured maps at front and rear. B/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and maps within text throughout.* Pages: 175 pp. text. lviii pp. appendices, notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- This is the historical biography of Sir James Lancaster, a 'forgotten' Elizabethan international merchant and naval commander who was celebrated in his own day but has been neglected by historians. Best remembered as the commander of the first fleet of the East India Company (1601-3), Lancaster had a fascinating and varied career, touching many aspects of Elizabethan life, in the country in north Hampshire, in London and overseas. Using new material based on archive research and re-working of the published sources, Franks argues the case for recognising Lancaster as one of the earliest 'global traders'. With a foreword by Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professorof Naval History, King?s College London.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*