TY - BOOK AU - Canny, Nicholas TI - The Oxford history of the British Empire: the origins of empire: British overseas enterprise to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol- 1 [electronic resource] SN - 9780191676703 (ebook) : AV - DA16.O95 U1 - 325.341 22 PY - 1998/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - British Empire KW - Great Britain KW - History N1 - Includes index N2 - This volume explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the 16th and 17th centuries UR - https://academic.oup.com/book/37233?searchresult=1 ER -