Privateering and Colonization in the Reign of Elizabeth I: Raleigh in Exeter 1985

by Roy Hattersley

Book Overview

Colonisation by the European powers has always had its seamier side and the first attempt to settle English people on the North American mainland - by one of Queen Elizabeth's favourite courtiers, Sir Walter Raleigh - was no exception. The hunt for prize ships and cargoes was a major attraction for the sea-captains and their crews who sailed across the Atlantic in the years 1584-7. For the promoters, including Raleigh, it was usually the prime...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859892522
• ISBN13: 9780859892520
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"