Invading America : the English Assault on the New World 1497-1630.

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Author / Creator:	Childs, David.
Imprint:	Havertown : Seaforth Publishing, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (558 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Discoveries in geography -- British. America -- Discovery and exploration -- British. America. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12869567

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ISBN:	9781473853737 1473853737 9781473815544 1473815541
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	Within a generation of Columbus's first landfall in the Caribbean, Spain ruled an empire in central and south America many times the size of the home country. In stark contrast, after a century of struggle, and numerous disasters, English colonising efforts further north had succeeded in settling the banks of one waterway and the littoral of several bays. How and why progress was so slow and laborious is the central theme of this thought-provoking new book. It argues that this is best understood if the development of the English colonies is seen as a protracted amphibious operation, governed b.
Other form:	Print version: Childs, David. Invading America : The English Assault on the New World 1497-1630. Havertown : Seaforth Publishing, ©2012 9781848321458

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