Title Islands and the British Empire in the age of sail / edited by Douglas Hamilton and John McAleer

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 211 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Oxford history of the British Empire. Companion series Oxford history of the British Empire companion series. Contents Maps -- 1: Introduction: Islands and the British Empire in the Age of Sail -- 2: Islands, Voyaging and Empires in the Age of Sail -- 3: Britain's European Island-Empire, 1793-1815 -- 4: Islands of Settlement: Britain's Western North Atlantic Islands in the Age of Sail, 1497-1835 -- 5: 'Sailing on the same uncertain sea': The Windward Islands of the Caribbean -- 6: The Route to the East: Atlantic Islands and Britain's Maritime Empire -- 7: Britain's Western Indian Ocean Island-Scape -- 8: Islands and the Age of Revolutions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans -- 9: Empire in Oceania: Knowing the Sea of Islands -- 10: Islands of Incarceration and Empire Building in Colonial Australia -- 11: Afterword. Islands and the British Empire: From the Age of Sail to the Age of Steam -- Index Summary Islands are not just geographical units or physical facts; their importance and significance arise from the human activities associated with them. The maritime routes of sailing ships, the victualling requirements of their sailors, and the strategic demands of seaborne empires in the age of sail - as well as their intrinsic value as sources of rare commodities - meant that islands across the globe played prominent parts in imperial consolidation and expansion. This volume examines the various ways in which islands (and groups of islands) contributed to the establishment, extension, and maintenance of the British Empire in the age of sail. Thematically related chapters explore the geographical, topographical, economic, and social diversity of the islands that comprised a large component of the British Empire in an era of rapid and significant expansion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on October 11, 2021) Subject Islands -- History Ocean travel -- History British colonies Islands Ocean travel SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645 Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Hamilton, Douglas J., editor. McAleer, John, editor. ISBN 9780191882135 0191882135 9780192586544 0192586548 9780192586551 0192586556

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