The ocean in English history : being the Ford lectures / by James A. Williamson
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1948. Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #411361
Physical description; 208 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; "First edition 1941, Reprinted photographically in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford, 1948, from sheets of the first edition." Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Discovery of America -- English enterprise in the Atlantic -- Propagandists of the Tudor period -- Eastern seas -- National interest in oceanic enterprise -- Opening of the Pacific -- Oceanic factor in the shaping of modern England. Subjects; Since 1485. Journeys. British colonies. Voyages and travels. Discoveries in geography English. Commerce. Sea-power Great Britain History. Merchant marine Great Britain History. Great Britain History 1485-. Great Britain Colonies History. America Discovery and exploration British.
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