New World, Inc - How England's Merchants Founded America and Launched the British Empire

Author(s): John Butman; Simon Targett

History

The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world.

Full of colourful characters, from risk-taking merchants, aristocratic courtiers, university scientists, clever lawyers, to daring soldiers and adventurers.

In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it had begun to face a daunting array of social, commercial and political problems. Struggling with a single export - woollen cloth - a group of merchants formed arguably the world's first joint-stock company and set out to seek new markets and trading partners. It was a venture that relied on the very latest sciencific innovations and required an extraordinary appetite for risk.

At first they headed east, and dreamed of Cathay, with its silks and exotic luxuries. Eventually, they turned west, and so began a new chapter in history. Based on archival research and a bold interpretation of the historical record, New World, Inc. draws a portrait of life in London, on the Atlantic and across the New World, and reveals how profit-hungry business people transformed England into a world power.

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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781786495471
  • : Atlantic Books
  • : Atlantic Books
  • : July 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : John Butman; Simon Targett
  • : Hardback
  • : 718
  • : 970.01
  • : 464