New World Inc. How England's merchants founded America and launched the British Empire
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- Author(s) Butman, John, & Simon Targett
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2018
- Pages 405pp; illus
- Publisher Atlantic Books
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
2019 published as 'New World Inc. The story of the British Empire's most successful start-up'. Deals with the emergence of England from the 16th century as a major commercial and political power and the role in this of its merchants in international trade, notably those organised as the Merchant Adventurers' Co of England. Also Muscovy Co