English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon, 1550-1646

Herausgeber: Lorimer, Joyce

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Documents, many from manuscripts in English, Irish, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese archives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780904180275
• ISBN-10: 0904180271
• Artikelnr.: 41406746

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Introductions and Texts: Earliest English explorations of the Amazon, 1553-1608
The first English and Irish settlements on the Amazon, 1611-20
The formation and collapse of the Amazon Company, 1619-1621
The abandoned English and Irish colonists, 1620--25: first struggles with the Portuguese
The creation of the Guiana Company, 1626-27
The 'old' Irish planters go out to the Amazon for the Dutch West India Company, 1629
The difficulties of the Guiana Company's new colony, 1628-31
The last English settlements on the Amazon, 1630-33
The Irish petition the Spanish crown for a licence to settle the Amazon, 1631-36
Last English and Irish efforts to return to the Amazon, 1638-46: approaches to the restored Portuguese monarchy
Conclusion
References
Index.