Overview
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
