The English Conquest of Jamaica - Pestana, Carla Gardina
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Long before sugar and slaves made Jamaica Britainà â â s most valuable colony, its conquest sparked conflicts with European powers and opened vast tropical spaces to English exploitation. Carla Gardina Pestana captures the moment when Cromwellà â â s plan to take Spainà â â s American empire altered his revolutionary stateà â â s engagement with the wider world.

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Long before sugar and slaves made Jamaica Britainà â â s most valuable colony, its conquest sparked conflicts with European powers and opened vast tropical spaces to English exploitation. Carla Gardina Pestana captures the moment when Cromwellà â â s plan to take Spainà â â s American empire altered his revolutionary stateà â â s engagement with the wider world.
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Carla Gardina Pestana is Professor of History and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World at the University of California, Los Angeles. A Guggenheim Fellow, she is author of The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell¿s Bid for Empire and The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640¿1661.