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Atlantic Voyages

The East India Company and the British Route to the East in the Age of Sail
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272 Seiten
Englisch
Saunders College Publishingerschienen am01.06.2023
A history of the East India Company told through experiences of everyday life on the ocean: maritime travel, shipboard conditions, foreign encounters, islands and ports of call, the waters of the Atlantic itself. McAleer portrays these as essential to the understanding of the Company as an agent of globalisation in the early modern world.mehr
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KlappentextA history of the East India Company told through experiences of everyday life on the ocean: maritime travel, shipboard conditions, foreign encounters, islands and ports of call, the waters of the Atlantic itself. McAleer portrays these as essential to the understanding of the Company as an agent of globalisation in the early modern world.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-289474-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum01.06.2023
Seiten272 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 163 mm, Höhe 241 mm, Dicke 22 mm
Gewicht572 g
Artikel-Nr.11157812
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Introduction: 'A formidable undertaking': Travellers' tales, Atlantic voyages, and the route to the East2: Embarking: 'An inhabitant of another world': Shipboard spaces and daily life3: Voyaging: 'My time hangs rather heavy on my hands': Passing the time, marking the passage4: Observing: 'The wonders of the boundless ocean': Sea, sky, and the living world5: Stopping: 'The salutary effects of the shore': Landfall, islands, and going ashore6: Conclusion: Beyond the Capemehr

Autor

John McAleer is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southampton. His work explores the British encounter and engagement with the wider world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, situating the history of empire in its global and maritime contexts. He was previously Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.