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050 00 $aHF3520.L65$bA44 2017b
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100 1 $aAlford, Stephen,$d1970-$eauthor.
245 10 $aLondon's triumph :$bmerchants, adventurers, and money in Shakespeare's city /$cStephen Alford.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury$c2017.
264 4 $c©2017
300 $axix, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$bcolor illustrations, maps (some color) ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 8 $aLife in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed something extraordinary happened. Stephen Alford's evocative, original and fascinating new book uses the same skills that made his widely praised The Watchers so successful, bringing to life the network of merchants, visionaries, crooks and sailors who changed London forever. In a sudden explosion of energy English ships were suddenly found all over the world - trading with Russia and the Levant, exploring Virginia and the Arctic, and fanning out across the Indian Ocean. London's Triumph is above all about the people who made this possible - the families, the guild members, the money-men who were willing to risk huge sums and sometimes their own lives in pursuit of the rare, exotic and desirable. Their ambitions fuelled a new view of the world - initiating a long era of trade and empire, the consequences of which we still live with today --$cSource other than Library of Congress.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index.
505 0 $aA merchant's world -- Londoners -- Landmarks -- In Antwerp's shadow -- "Love, serve, and obey" -- Searching for Cathay -- A Russian embassy -- The brothers Isham -- "So fair a bourse in London" -- Aliens and strangers -- "Travails, pains, and dangers" -- Flourishing lands -- The unknown limits -- Master Lok's disgrace -- Shylock's victory -- St Bartholomew the Less -- Change and nostalgia -- To the East Indies -- Virginia richly valued -- Time past, time present.
610 20 $aCompany of Merchant Adventurers of England.
610 27 $aCompany of Merchant Adventurers of England.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00597423
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xCommerce$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xCivilization$y16th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY$zEurope$xGreat Britain.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY$xRenaissance.$2bisacsh
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650 7 $aCommerce.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00869279
650 7 $aMerchants.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01017057
651 7 $aEngland$zLondon.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204271
650 4 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
648 7 $a1500-1599$2fast
655 4 $aNonfiction.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
852 00 $bglx$hHF3520.L65$iA44 2017