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Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth
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Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century Hardcover - 1998

by CANNY, Nicholas (editor)

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A five-volume comprehensive assessment of the British Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. Written by international experts, Volume I explains how and why Britain became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade and settlement during the 16th and 17th centuries. 15 maps.

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NY:: Oxford University Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198205627 . Volume I of The Oxford History of the British Empire. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. .
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  • Title Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century
  • Author CANNY, Nicholas (editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
  • Pages 554
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press,, NY:
  • Date 1998
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 55292
  • ISBN 9780198205623 / 0198205627
  • Weight 2.12 lbs (0.96 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.72 x 6.47 x 1.42 in (24.69 x 16.43 x 3.61 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History, Imperialism - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97036299
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909.097

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The study of the British Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries presents special difficulties because no empire, as the term subsequently came to be understood, then existed, while the adjective 'British' meant little to most inhabitants of Britain and Ireland during the years covered by this volume.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 06/15/1998, Page 93

About the author

Nicholas Canny is Professor of History and Academic Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Settlement and Historical Change at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

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