Birmingham, Professor David, Birmingham, David
Description
Trade and Empire in the Atlantic 1400-1600 provides an accessible and concise introduction to European expansion overseas during the early modern peri
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od. It explains why and how seafarers visited the Caribbean, South America and Africa, and looks at the history of the communities that lived around the ocean as they responded to the challenges and opportunities which sea trade opened for them.
Historical thinking on the subject of Empire is naturally controversial as is shown by this survey of the first four stages of early Atlantic colonisation from the conquest of the Canary Islands to the creation of slave plantations in Brazil. This history of the Atlantic Empires is an authoritative introduction to an essential topic in world history.
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Genres
History
Tags
COLONIES
EUROPE_COLONIES
Reading Moods
Adventurous & Action-Packed
Contributors
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Routledge
Month-Year
Mar, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780415234603
ISBN-10: 0415234603
Language
English
No. of Pages
108
Format
Hardcover
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