The English conquest of Jamaica : Oliver Cromwell's bid for empire /

The English conquest of Jamaica : Oliver Cromwell's bid for empire /

In 1654, England's Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition, the conquest of Spain's vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The English Conqu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pestana, Carla Gardina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Cromwell, Oliver, > 1599-1658.
Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1688.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1603-1688.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
Jamaica > History > To 1962.
Jamaica > Colonization.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Spain.
Spain > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • Preparation
  • Expectations
  • Hispaniola
  • Failure
  • Jamaica
  • Imagining
  • Surviving
  • Conquering
  • Settling.