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.