02117nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10578004 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110210s2010 qucabc sb 001 0 eng d 2011280470 0773537783 9780773537781 9780773580787 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)768490943 n-cn--- e-uk--- E101 .N35 2010eb 971.01/14 22 Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965- A fleeting empire [electronic resource] : early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / Andrew D. Nicholls. Montr�eal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010. xxix, 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index. The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Canada Discovery and exploration British. Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1649. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10578004 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 189265 189265