Overview
Explores Sir Humphrey Gilbert's 1583 expedition to North America, a neglected area in scholarship on early modern colonization
Examines the role of cartography, natural science, and promotional literature in Elizabethan colonization
Illustrates the role played by prominent Elizabethans in supporting the expedition, from Richard Hakluyt to Walter Ralegh
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Though he failed to establish a settlement, Gilbert created a blueprint for later Stuart colonizers who achieved his vision of a British Empire in the Western Hemisphere. This book clarifies the role of cartography, natural science, and promotional literature in Elizabethan colonization and elucidates the preparation stages of early modern colonizing voyages.
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Book Title: Sir Humphrey Gilbert and the Elizabethan Expedition
Book Subtitle: Preparing for a Voyage
Authors: Nathan J. Probasco
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57258-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57257-0Published: 21 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57260-0Published: 21 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-57258-7Published: 20 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 285
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, History of Early Modern Europe, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Science, Historical Geography