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1 online resource (558 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Chapter 1: Five-Finger Exercise; Chapter 2: Dreamers and Schemers; Chapter 3: The Charters: Come Over and Help Yourselves; Chapter 4: Planning and Site Selection; Chapter 5: Ships and Sailing; Chapter 6: Pilotage and Navigation; Chapter 7: The Crossings; Chapter 8: Fortress America; Chapter 9: Reinforcement and Resupply; Chapter 10: Extirpation, Evacuation, Eviction and Abandonment; Chapter 11: The Amphibious Campaign; Chapter 12: Piracy; Chapter 13: Joint Command; Chapter 14: Summary; Appendices. |
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Appendix 1: ChronologyAppendix 2: Principal Charters of the Invasion Period; Appendix 3: Significant English Voyages to the New World, 1497-1630; Appendix 4: Investment and Returns of the Virginia and East India Company Voyages and from Piracy; Appendix 5: Governors of Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation; Appendix 6: Sites to Visit; References and Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Within a generation of Columbus's first landfall in the Caribbean, Spain ruled an empire in central and south America many times the size of the home country. In stark contrast, after a century of struggle, and numerous disasters, English colonising efforts further north had succeeded in settling the banks of one waterway and the littoral of several bays. How and why progress was so slow and laborious is the central theme of this thought-provoking new book. It argues that this is best understood if the development of the English colonies is seen as a protracted amphibious operation, governed b. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
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America. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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British. |
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Discoveries in geography -- British. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Childs, David. Invading America : The English Assault on the New World 1497-1630. Havertown : Seaforth Publishing, ©2012 9781848321458 |
| ISBN |
9781473853737 (electronic book) |
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1473853737 (electronic book) |
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9781473815544 (electronic book) |
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1473815541 (electronic book) |
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