Empire of the North Atlantic : : The Maritime Struggle for North America, Second Edition /

Empire of the North Atlantic : : The Maritime Struggle for North America, Second Edition / / Gerald S. Graham.

This book is an exploration and interpretation of three centuries of European rivalry and expansion in and around the North Atlantic. Professor Graham tells the story from the first conquest of the ocean by the armed sailing ship at the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the wooden shi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Graham, Gerald S.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1958
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (356 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • I. The Supremacy of Spain
  • II. Foundations of French Sea Power
  • III. The Rise of English Sea Power
  • IV. The War of the League of Augsburg
  • V. The War of the Spanish Succession
  • VI. Beginnings of the Duel for Empire
  • VII. The First Conquest of Louisbourg
  • VIII. Prelude to Conquest 1749-1757
  • IX. From Louisbourg to Quebec
  • X. The Break-Up of the First Atlantic Empire, 1775-1782
  • XI. The Outskirts of War, 1793-1812.
  • XII. The American Adventure of 1812
  • XIII. The Age of Iron and Steam
  • XIV. The End of Pax Britannica
  • Appendices
  • Index

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