The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell's Bid for Empire

by Carla Gardina Pestana

Book Overview

In 1654, England's Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the conquest of Spain's vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The English Conquest of Jamaica presents entrenched imperial fantasies confronting Caribbean realities. It captures the moment when the revolutionary English state first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674737318
• ISBN13: 9780674737310
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"