The Company's Island: St Helena, Company Colonies and the Colonial Endeavour

by Stephen A. Royle

As English adventurer Francis Drake and his contemporaries opened up seaborne trade with Asia and the East, so dreams of untold wealth fuelled the appetites of European nations. A new form of co-operation arose between governments and entrepreneurs - the merchant company. Vital to the entire commercial and colonial endeavour, part of the story of Empire lies in the outposts they established."The Company's Island" focuses upon one such company colony...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845116127
• ISBN13: 9781845116125
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"