Britain's Maritime Empire: Southern Africa, the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, 1763û1820

Analyses the critical role played by the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in the development of the British Empire. Focusing on a region that connected the Atlantic and Indian oceans at the centre of a vital maritime chain linking Europe with Asia, the book re-examines and reappraises Britain's oceanic empire.

• | Author: John McAleer
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 12, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1107100720
• | ISBN-13: 9781107100725