Atlas of British overseas expansion
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Atlas of British overseas expansion
Routledge, 1991
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at / 48 libraries
-
University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
: hard233:P835019165314
-
Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
: pbk912/At 6210586246
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. 238-250
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: hard ISBN 9780415019187
Description
With the help of almost 140 maps and town plans and explanatory texts, this atlas covers a vast area in terms of period and passage of time, geography, place and distance.
In addition to Britain's colonial development, it touches on subjects including the changing territorial pattern of empire, exploration, trade, communications and imperial defence, war and conquest, the activities of Britain's missionaries and consuls and the shift of white settlement.
Table of Contents
Contents include: Bristol and the Atlantic, 1480-1509, Early attempts at settlement in North America, Ireland, 1543-1625, European rivalries in teh New World, 1650-1713, Canada at the British conquest, 1763, British Expansion in India, 1765-1805, The Australian colonies and their expansion to teh 1850s, Trinidad, c. 1850, The South African War, 1899-1902, Canada, 1867-1949, The Partition of Ireland, 1919-1922, The Malaysn Emergency, 1948-1960, The Suez Crisis, 1956, The Falklands War of 1982, Delhi in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780415063470
Description
This atlas comprises a full guide to the history of Britain's imperial enterprise. In addition to Britain's colonial development, it touches on subjects including the changing territorial pattern of empire, exploration, trade, communications and imperial defence, war and conquest, the activities of Britain's missionaries and consuls and the spread of white settlement.
by "Nielsen BookData"