The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century

Author	Nicholas P Canny
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9780199246762
Publication Date	26/07/2001
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press

The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire is a history book that covers the origins of the British Empire. It discusses how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on every part of the world that was substantially affected by British colonial activity. As of 1630, involvement with regions beyond the traditional confines of Europe was still tentative; by 1690 it had become a well-established part of British history.

Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on every part of the world that was substantially affected by British colonial activity. As late as 1630, involvement with regions beyond the traditional confines of Europe was still tentative; by 1690 it had