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Atlantic voyages : the East India Company and the British route to the East in the age of sail /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McAleer, John (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
East India Company > History.
East India Company > Travel > India.
East India Company
Ocean travel > History.
Great Britain > Commerce > History.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > History.
Great Britain > Foreign economic relations > India.
India > Foreign economic relations > Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Histoire.
Europe.
HISTORY.
Naval.
Military.
Renaissance.
Social History.
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Commerce
Diplomatic relations
Great Britain
Business & Management.
Industry.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192647603
0192647601
9780191915628
0191915629
9780192647597
0192647598