"In the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the globe. Through the efforts of these "mere merchants," England developed from a peripheral power on the fringes of Europe to a country at the…
En el siglo que siguió a la llegada al trono de Isabel I, el comercio inglés floreció a medida que miles de mercaderes se lanzaban a la aventura por todo el mundo. Gracias a los esfuerzos de estos "simples mercaderes", Inglaterra pasó de ser una potencia periférica en los márgen…
In the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the globe. Through the efforts of these "mere merchants," England developed from a peripheral power on the fringes of Europe to a country at the …
A new history of English trade and empire--revealing how a tightly woven community of merchants was the true origin of globalized Britain. In the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the gl…
"Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World explores the links between trade, empire, exploration, and global information transfer during the early modern period. By charting how the leaders, members, employees, and supporters of different trading companies…
"This volume publishes for the first time, the journal kept by John Looker (?1670-1715) recording his service as ship's surgeon on the Blackham Galley, a London-built merchantman on its second trading voyage to the Levant, between December 1696 and March 1698. Preserved in the C…