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Author Games, Alison, 1963-

Title The web of empire : English cosmopolitans in an age of expansion, 1560-1660 / Alison Games.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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 Moore Stacks  DA16 .G36 2008    Available  ---
Description ix, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-363) and index.
Contents Before the grand tour: the domestication of travel -- The Mediterranean origins of the British Empire -- English overseas merchants in an expanding world of trade, 1590-1660 -- Virginia, 1607-1622 -- All the king's men: governors, consuls, and ambassadors, 1590-1650 -- Madagascar, 1635-1650 -- The cosmopolitan clergy, 1620-1660 -- Ireland, 1649-1660.
Subject Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Great Britain.
Colonies.
History.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- History -- 16th century.
Commerce.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Great Britain -- Commerce -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1558-1603.
International relations.
Chronological Term 1558-1603
Subject Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1603-1688.
Chronological Term 1603-1688
Subject Imperialism -- History.
Imperialism.
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 16th century.
Civilization.
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 17th century.
ISBN 9780195335545 hardcover acid-free paper
0195335546 hardcover acid-free paper