The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire

British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century (Oxford History of the British Empire)

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The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire

British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century (Oxford History of the British Empire)

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"The study of the British Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries presents special difficulties because no empire, as the term subsequently came to be understood, then existed, while the adjective 'British' meant little to most inhabitants of Britain and Ireland during the years covered by this volume."

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DA16

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OL7403653M
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oxfordhistoryofb0000nich
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0199246769
ISBN 13
9780199246762
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1029730
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