Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire 03.39 - Francis Drake's Ghost
Apr 21, 2025
39:40
The fleet of the Western Design arrives off the coast of Hispaniola, and Oliver Cromwell's dream of a Protestant colonial empire seems assured. But it doesn't take long for everything to go wrong...
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- Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution, 2022.
- Carla Gardina Pestana, 'Atlantic Mobilities and the Defiance of the Early Quakers', Journal of Early Modern History, 2023.
- Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Atlantic in the Age of Revolution, 2007.
- Carla Gardina Pestana, The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire, 2017.
- Hilary Beckles, A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market, 2006
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