Monopolists and FreebootersThis book continues the story of the Pacific since Magellan that began with The Spanish Lake and presents the personalities and events that turned the Pacific from a blank on the map into a network of global commercial and strategic relationships, the theatre of bitter conflicts for dominion between the intruders from the Atlantic world. |
Contents
The Dutch Irruption | 1 |
The Indies Wars | 6 |
The Fight off Mariveles | 9 |
Copyright | |
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