The New England knight : Sir William Phips, 1651-1695 /

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"Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port-Royal in Acadia, Now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec in 1690. He became the first roy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, Emerson W.
Otros Autores: Reid, John G. (John Graham), 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1998
Temas:
Phips, William, > Sir, > 1651-1695.
Phips, William (Abenteurer)
1600-1775
Governors > Massachusetts > Biography.
Adventure and adventurers > Massachusetts > Biography.
Gouverneurs > Massachusetts > Biographies.
Aventuriers > Massachusetts > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Adventure and adventurers.
Governors.
Zeeroverij.
Bestuur.
Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Massachusetts > Histoire > ca l600-l775 (Période coloniale)
Massachusetts > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Massachusetts.
Electronic books.
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF MAPS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Early Life, 1651-1682""; ""2 The Making of a Projector""; ""3 Treasure Gained and Patrons Lost""; ""4 Respectability and Revolution""; ""5 The Expeditions of 1690""; ""6 The Charter and Beyond""; ""7 Statecraft and Witchcraft, 1692""; ""8 Frontier Governor and Projector, 1692-1694""; ""9 Factional Currents, 1692-1694""; ""10 Imperial Governorship: Conflicts and Clientage, 1692-1693""; ""11 Imperial Governorship: Recall, 1693-1694""; ""12 Endings""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""
  • ""D""""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""A genealogy of the Phips family""; ""Illustrations""

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