How Australia Became British Empire and the China Trade

Name: How Australia Became British Empire and the China Trade
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ISBN: 9781445664989

ISBN-10: 1445664984

ISBN-13: 9781445664989

Edition: 2016

Authors: Howard T. Fry

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To many, Australia suggests a corner of the Commonwealth with a close natural kinship to home - Blighty with sun and beaches. But the tale of its discovery, colonization and eventual settlement by the British is one fraught with conflict, diplomacy, trade and geopolitical forces, involving such actors as China and the European Triple Alliance of France, Spain and the Netherlands.Wilson's discovery of the Eastern Passage was the event that opened up the South China Sea to burgeoning European trade. The political situation, however, was a difficult one. The Seven Years War followed by the American war had created great friction between Europe's rival imperial powers - struggles that continued…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: 12/15/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English