Merchants
A new history of English trade and empire--revealing how a tightly woven community of merchants was the true origin of globalized BritainIn the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the… Celý popis ↓
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A new history of English trade and empire--revealing how a tightly woven community of merchants was the true origin of globalized BritainIn the century following Elizabeth I's rise to the throne, English trade blossomed as thousands of merchants launched ventures across the globe. Smith unpicks their behavior, relationships, and experiences, from exporting wool to Russia, importing exotic luxuries from India, and building plantations in America. Through the efforts of these "mere merchants," England developed from a peripheral power on the fringes of Europe to a country at the center of a global commercial web, with interests stretching from Virginia to Ahmadabad and Arkhangelsk to Benin.Edmond Smith traces the lives of English merchants from their earliest steps into business to the heights of their successes.
He reveals that the origins of "global" Britain are found
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