A fleeting empire
Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-
A fleeting empire early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / [electronic resource] : Andrew D. Nicholls. - Montréal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010. - xxix, 246 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index.
The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Canada--Discovery and exploration--British.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649.
Electronic books.
E101 / .N35 2010eb
971.01/14
A fleeting empire early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / [electronic resource] : Andrew D. Nicholls. - Montréal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010. - xxix, 246 p. : ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index.
The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Canada--Discovery and exploration--British.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649.
Electronic books.
E101 / .N35 2010eb
971.01/14