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James Williamson (historian)

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The observations of Sir Richard Hawkins: edited from the text of 1622 with introduction, notes and appendices, by James A. Williamson ... Illustrated with four maps.
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voyages. He also wrote many other books on explorers, exploration and discovery. James Williamson wrote of
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in 1924 with a thesis on "The Caribbee Islands under the proprietary patents". He married Ruth Chappele.
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the greatest explorer of his age and the greatest maritime explorer of his country in any age.
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The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America under
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and of the other members of his family prominent in Tudor England
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The British Empire and commonwealth: a history for senior forms.
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1959; London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press., 1967.
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The son of James Ireland Williamson, he was educated at
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English colonies in Guiana and on the Amazon: 1604–1668
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In 1910, he became an assistant master in history at
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The Evolution of England: A Commentary on the Facts
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Index

maritime history
John Cabot
James Cook
Watford Grammar School
University of London
B.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
Westminster City School
Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History
Ford's Lecturer in British History
Oxford University
Hakluyt Society
Historical Association
Chichester
E. A. Belcher
Blackwood's Magazine
Richard Hakluyt
George Bruner Parks
Henry VII
Henry VIII
online
online 2nd ed. 1931, vol 1 and 2
online
William Dampier
Ford Lectures
Clarendon Press
online
Historical Association
Sir John Hawkins

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