TY - BOOK AU - Nicholls,Andrew D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - A fleeting empire: early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada AV - E101 .N35 2010eb U1 - 971.01/14 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Montr�eal, Ithaca, N.Y. PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Canada KW - Discovery and exploration KW - British KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and government KW - 1603-1649 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10578004 ER -