Tropics Bound (eBook)

Elizabeth's Seadogs on the Spanish Main

James Seay Dean (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-9668-9 (ISBN)

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In the popular imagination, English colonisation in the Americas began with the founding of Jamestown in Virginia in 1607 (which recently celebrated its 400th anniversary). But the focus of English voyages to the far side of the Atlantic for 100 years before that had been much further south, in defiance of Pope Alexander VI's decree that South America would be divided between Spain and Portugal. Tropics Bound examines not only the oft-forgotten history of this period of English exploration between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, but also looks at the voyages themselves, through the eyes of the sailors who faced that daunting journey. It is a story of adventure, hardship and courage. Written by an historian with a practical knowledge of seamanship, this is an important contribution to our understanding of the early period of (failed) English attempts at colonisation.

JAMES SEAY DEAN is Emeritus Professor of English & Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He has taught maritime history and published numerous articles in nautical, literary and historical journals. He is also an experienced sailor and is the author of Sailing a Square-Rigger. He lives in Racine, Wisconsin.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2010
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Atlantic • Caribbean • Caribbean Islands • colonisation of the americas • Diseases • Elizabethans • Elizabeth I • elizabeth i|Elizabeth's Seadogs on the Spanish Main • elizabeth's seadogs on the spanish main • Elizabeth's Seadogs on the Spanish Main, colonisation of the americas, jamestown, virginia, english voyages, atlantic, south america, spain, portugal, tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn, journey, seamanship • elizabeth's seadogs on the spanish main, elizabethans, spanish main, caribbean, caribbean islands, diseases, storms, sailors, ships, financier, financiers, storm, sailor, ship, seapower, imperial spain, private adventurers, spaniards, naval, inquisition, spanish inquisition, privateers, maritime • english voyages • financier • financiers • Imperial Spain • Inquisition • Jamestown • journey • Maritime • maritime|queen elizabeth i • naval • Portugal • private adventurers • privateers • |queen elizabeth i • Queen Elizabeth I • queen elizabeth i, elizabeth i • sailor • Sailors • seamanship • Seapower • Ship • Ships • South America • Spain • spaniards • Spanish Inquisition • spanish main • Storm • storms • Tropic of Cancer • tropic of capricorn • Virginia
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-9668-9 / 0752496689
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-9668-9 / 9780752496689