John Mcaleer

Britain's Maritime Empire

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A fascinating new study in which John McAleer explores the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope and its critical role in the establishment, consolidation and maintenance of the British Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Situated at the centre of a maritime chain that connected seas and continents, this gateway bridged the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, which, with its commercial links and strategic requirements, formed a global web that reflected the development of the British Empire in the period. The book examines how contemporaries perceived, understood and represented this area; the ways in which it work… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-107-10072-5
EAN: 9781107100725
Produktnummer: 19163859
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 290 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 576 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 576

Über den Autor

John McAleer is a Lecturer in History at the University of Southampton. His work focuses on the British encounter and engagement with the wider world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Before joining the university, he was Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Dr McAleer teaches courses and supervises research on a range of themes relating to the history of empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.