Ships, Oceans and Empire: Studies in European Maritime and Colonial History, 1400-1750 (Variorum Collected Studies, CS 478)

by Geoffrey V. Scammell

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English merchant shipping at the end of the Middle Ages - some East Coast evidence; manning the English merchant service in the 16th century; shipowning in the economy and politics of early modern England; European seamanship in the great age of discovery; the English in the Atlantic Islands, c 1450-1650; the sinews of war - manning and provisioning English fighting ships, c 1550-1650; European shipowning in the Estado da India, 1500-1700; European exiles, renegades and outlaws and the maritime economy of Asia, c 1500-1750; the new worlds and Europe in the 16th century; (Richard) Hakluyt and the economic thought of his time; indigenous assistance in the establishment of Portuguese power in Asia in the 16th century; the pillars of empire - indigenous assistance and the survival of the Estado da India, c 1600-1700; essay and reflection - on the discovery of the Americas and the spread of intolerance, absolutism and racism in early modern Europe; the Columbian legacy.
  • ISBN10 0860784754
  • ISBN13 9780860784753
  • Publish Date 6 April 1995
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 21 April 2005
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Variorum
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English