New World, Inc. - John Butman, Simon Targett
New World, Inc. - John Butman, Simon Targett The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. Struggling with a single export - woollen cloth - a group of merchants…
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New World, Inc. - John Butman, Simon Targett
The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. Struggling with a single export - woollen cloth - a group of merchants formed arguably the world's first joint-stock company and set out to seek new markets and trading partners.It was a venture that relied on the very latest scientific innovations and required an extraordinary appetite for risk. In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it had begun to face a daunting array of social, commercial and political problems.
Eventually, they turned west, and so began a new chapter in history.Based on archival research and a bold interpretation of the historical record, New World, Inc. At first they headed east, and dreamed of Cathay, with its silks and exotic luxuries. draws a portrait of life in London, on the Atlantic and across the New World, and reveals how profit-hungry business people transformed England into a world power.
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