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A fleeting empire, early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada, Andrew D. Nicholls

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A fleeting empire, early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada, Andrew D. Nicholls

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A fleeting empire

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electronic resource

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bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

768490943

Responsibility statement

Andrew D. Nicholls

Sub title

early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada

Table Of Contents

The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership

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