The Company's Island: St Helena, Company Colonies and the Colonial Endeavour by Stephen A. Royle
The Company's Island: St Helena, Company Colonies and the Colonial Endeavour
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Stephen A. Royle
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The Company's Island: St Helena, Company Colonies and the Colonial Endeavour

Stephen A. Royle

240 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction business history challenging medium-paced
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As English adventurer Francis Drake and his contemporaries opened up seaborne trade with Asia and the East, so dreams of untold wealth fuelled the appetites of European nations. A new form of co-operation arose between governments and entrepreneur...

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