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Mapping the world at the dawn of the British Empire : a traveller's guide / Matthew Dimmock and Andrew Hadfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dimmock, Matthew, author.
- Hadfield, Andrew, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, British--17th century--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, British.
- Travelers' writings--17th century--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This is a compact and informative guide to the ways in which the changing world of the early seventeenth century was understood and experienced by the British before the British Empire was established.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Mapping the World at the Dawn of the British Empire : A Traveller's Guide
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- A short note on maps, quotations, and dates
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Britain, Europe, and the Wider World
- Hapsburgs and Ottomans
- Samuel Purchas
- From an English to a British Empire
- One: Europe
- The Mediterranean
- Paris
- Rome
- The Inquisition
- The Rhine
- The Baltic
- Two: The North
- North Pole
- North-east passage
- North-west passage
- Northern islands
- Cod and the Grand Banks
- Three: Africa
- The Nile
- Tunis
- São Tomé
- The Gambia
- Cape of Good Hope
- Prester John
- Four: Islamic West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean
- Istanbul
- Babylon
- Cyprus
- Persepolis
- Jerusalem
- Persian Gulf
- Five: East Asia and the South Seas
- The Silk Road/Routes
- Timūr/Tamerlane/Tamburlaine
- East India Company
- Maluku 'Spice Islands'
- China
- Japan
- South Sea Islands
- Six: The Americas
- Virginia
- New Plymouth
- The Amazon
- El Dorado
- Hispaniola and the Black Legend
- Mexico
- Strait of Magellan
- Conclusion
- Bibliographical essay
- general
- introduction
- europe
- the north
- africa
- islamic west asia
- east asia and the south seas
- the americas
- conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 10, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-894254-0
- 0-19-894252-4
- OCLC:
- 1523090082
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