Envisioning an English Empire: Jamestown and the Making of the North Atlantic World

by Robert Appelbaum

Book Overview

Envisioning an English Empire brings together leading historians and literary scholars to reframe our understanding of the history of Jamestown and the literature of empire that emerged from it.

The founding of an English colony at Jamestown in 1607 was no isolated incident. It was one event among many in the long development of the North Atlantic world. Ireland, Spain, Morocco, West Africa, Turkey, and the Native federations of North...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219031
• ISBN13: 9780812219036
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"