The Amplitudes. "The Global Reach of Empire: Britain's Maritime Expansion in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, 1764 - 1815" by Alan Frost [review]
The Amplitudes. "The Global Reach of Empire: Britain's Maritime Expansion in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, 1764 - 1815" by Alan Frost [review]
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Date
2003-10
Authors
Merwick, Donna
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Australian Book Review
Abstract
Frost’s British empire of the eighteenth century may not be the one that others prefer to write about. He doesn’t take naked imperialism to task as others do. He doesn’t make it his job to look closely at the other side of the beach. He is concerned with the terrible personal cost —to sailors, whalemen, soldiers — of trafficking imperialism. And the story he tells is as complex an account as any historian might care to undertake.
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Keywords
Australian,
Book Reviews,
Publishing,
Far North Queensland,
Donna Merwick,
Hinchinbrook Island,
James Cook,
Rockingham Bay,
Joseph Banks,
New Zealand,
Trincomalee,
Penang,
Nootka,
Sound,
Egypt,
Port Jackson,
Dutch,
Holland,
West India Company,
Manhattan Island,
Hudson River,
East India Company,
Djkatra,
Batavia,
Sunda Strait,
Netherlands,
Linschoten,
University of Melbourne,
Indian Ocean,
Pacific Ocean,
Samuel Wallis,
Bay of Bengal,
China,
Canadian Pacific,
Ceylon,
India,
Sri Lanka,
Philippines,
Cape of Good Hope,
Ache,
Botany Bay,
Port Jackson,
William Pitt the Younger,
Nootka Sound,
Pacific Rim
Citation
Merwick, Donna 2003. The Amplitudes. Review of "The Global Reach of Empire: Britain's Maritime Expansion in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, 1764 - 1815" by Alan Frost. 'Australian Book Review', No 255, October, 11-12.