English and Irish settlement on the River Amazon, 1550-1646. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joyce Lorimer.
• Other Names: Lorimer, Joyce; Hakluyt Society.
• Contents: Introductions and Texts: Earliest English explorations of the Amazon, 1553-1608 -- The first English and Irish settlements on the Amazon, 1611-20 -- The formation and collapse of the Amazon Company, 1619-21 -- The abandoned English and Irish colonists, 1620-5; first struggles with the Portuguese -- The creation of the Guiana Company, 1626-7 -- The 'Old' Irish planters go out to the Amazon for the Dutch West India Company, 1629 -- The difficulties of the Guiana Company's new colony, 1628-31 -- The last English settlements on the Amazon, 1630-3 -- The Irish petition the Spanish crown for a licence to settle the Amazon, 1631-6 -- Last English and Irish efforts to return to the Amazon: approaches to the restored Portuguese monarchy.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (526 pages)
• Subjects: 981.03; British -- Brazil -- History; Irish -- Brazil -- History; British; Discoveries in geography; Irish; Ansiedlung; Briten; Engländer; Quelle; Siedlung; Irlandais -- Amazone (cours d'eau ; vallée de l') -- histoire -- 17e siècle; Anglais -- Brésil -- Histoire; Britanniques -- Amazone (cours d'eau ; vallée de l') -- histoire -- 16e siècle; Britanniques -- Amazone (cours d'eau ; vallée de l') -- histoire -- 17e siècle; Irlandais -- Amazone (cours d'eau ; vallée de l') -- histoire -- 16e siècle; Engelsen; Ieren; Nederzettingen; Amazon River Valley -- Discovery and exploration; Brazil -- Discovery and exploration; Amazonie -- Colonisation -- Histoire; Amazonie -- Découverte et exploration anglaises; Amazonie -- Découverte et exploration irlandaises; Amazonie -- Histoire -- Sources; Amazon River Valley; Brazil; Amazonas; Amazonastiefland; England; Brésil -- Découverte et exploration britanniques; Amazonie -- Découverte et exploration britanniques; Briten; Engländer; Amazonie -- Colonisation -- Histoire; Amazonie -- Découverte et exploration irlandaises; Amazonie -- Découverte et exploration anglaises; Amazonie -- Histoire -- Sources; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317143222; 1317143221
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