Global Lives: Britain and the World, 1550–1800 (Cambridge

Global Lives: Britain and the World, 1550–1800 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 41)
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This is a fascinating and unique account of Britain's rise as a global imperial power told through the lives of over forty individuals from a huge range of backgrounds. Miles Ogborn relates and connects the stories of monarchs and merchants, planters and pirates, slaves and sailors, captives and captains, reactionaries and revolutionaries, artists and abolitionists from all corners of the globe. These dramatic stories give new life to the exploration of the history and geography of changing global relationships, including settlement in North America, the East India Company's trade and empire, transatlantic trade, the slave trade, the rise and fall of piracy, and scientific voyaging in the Pacific. Through these many biographies, including those of Anne Bonny, Captain Cook, Queen Elizabeth I, Pocahontas, and Walter Ralegh, early modern globalisation is presented as something through which different people lived in dramatically contrasting ways, but in which everyone played a part.

Country	USA
Brand	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	7 Tables, unspecified; 26 Maps; 40 Halft
Model	7 Tables, unspecified; 26 Maps; 40 Halft
ReleaseDate	2008-12-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780521607186

Global Lives: Britain and the World, 1550–1800 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 41)