Trade & Dominion: The European Oversea Empires in the Eighteenth Century

by Parry, J. H.

• ISBN13: 9781842120385
• ISBN10: 1842120387
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc

Summary

Between the mid-15th and the mid-18th century, every European country bordering the Atlantic (and some that did not) acquired land overseas. But, as these imperial powers rushed to grab colonies, the world began to grow too small for these competing adventurers. Continuing the story he began in The Age of Reconnaissance, the author of the highly praised History of Civilization series now deals with the second phase of empire—its expanded operations, collisions, mutinies, alterations of course, and changing attitude toward the subject races.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(14)
I THE AREAS OF OPERATION
Spanish America	17	(12)
The South Atlantic and the West Indies	29	(13)
The West Indies and North America	42	(15)
The Indian Ocean	57	(15)
The East Indies and the China Sea	72	(19)
II COLLISIONS AND MUTINIES
The Spanish Succession	91	(16)
War, trade and plantations	107	(23)
The first American revolt	130	(24)
The new conquistadores	154	(26)
The French war and the second American revolt	180	(23)
III THE SECOND AGE OF DISCOVERY
Ships and sailors	203	(17)
Charts and navigators	220	(15)
The voyages	235	(22)
Introductions and dispersals	257	(16)
IV ALTERATIONS OF COURSE
Merchants and manufacturers	273	(18)
Agents of government	291	(16)
Wards and guardians	307	(22)
Conclusion: The dominion of the Sea	329	(12)
Notes	341	(28)
List of works cited	369	(14)
Maps	383	(12)
Index	395