Author: William EllisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
History of Madagascar. Comprising also the progress of the Christian Mission, etc
Author: William EllisIslands and the British Empire in the Age of Sail
Author: Douglas HamiltonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192586556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Islands are not just geographical units or physical facts; their importance and significance arise from the human activities associated with them. The maritime routes of sailing ships, the victualling requirements of their sailors, and the strategic demands of seaborne empires in the age of sail - as well as their intrinsic value as sources of rare commodities - meant that islands across the globe played prominent parts in imperial consolidation and expansion. This volume examines the various ways in which islands (and groups of islands) contributed to the establishment, extension, and maintenance of the British Empire in the age of sail. Thematically related chapters explore the geographical, topographical, economic, and social diversity of the islands that comprised a large component of the British Empire in an era of rapid and significant expansion. Although many of these islands were isolated rocky outcrops, they acted as crucial nodal points, providing critical assistance for ships and men embarked on the long-distance voyages that characterised British overseas activities in the period. Intercontinental maritime trade, colonial settlement, and scientific exploration and experimentation would have been impossible without these oceanic islands. They also acted as sites of strategic competition, contestation, and conflict for rival European powers keen to outstrip each other in developing and maintaining overseas markets, plantations, and settlements. The importance of islands outstripped their physical size, the populations they sustained, or their individual economic contribution to the imperial balance sheet. Standing at the centre of maritime routes of global connectivity, islands offer historians of the British Empire fresh perspectives on the intercontinental communication, commercial connections, and territorial expansion that characterised that empire.
List of Books (with References to Periodicals) Relating to the Theory of Colonization, Government of Dependencies, Protectorates, and Related Topics
Author: Library of Congress. Division of BibliographyPublisher:
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Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Theory of Colonization
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonies
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the General Court
Author: Catalogue of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Catalogue of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: [Anonymus AC09764867]Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Madagascar
Author: A Madagascar Bibliography
Author: James SibreePublisher:
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Category : Madagascar
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
![Bibliothèque Quatremère. Catalogue d'une collection de livres précieux ... provenant pour la plupart de la bibliothèque de fou M. E. Quatremère ... Rédigé par C. H., etc. 4 pt. [With the prices in MS.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/GAxbAAAAcAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: Carl Felix von HALM