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James A. Williamson (1886–1964)

Author of The Tudor Age

26 Works 194 Members 3 Reviews

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Includes the names: Williamson James A, James A. Williamson, James Alexander Willamson

Also includes: J. A. WILLIAMSON (1)

Works by James A. Williamson

The Tudor Age (1953) 26 copies

A short history of British expansion (1931) 21 copies

The Cabot voyages and Bristol discovery under Henry VII (1962) 20 copies

The English Channel, a history (1959) 17 copies

Sir Francis Drake (1951) 15 copies

The Age of Drake (1938) 14 copies

Cook and the Opening of the Pacific (1946) 12 copies

The Story of the British Empire in Pictures (1943) 11 copies

Hawkins of Plymouth (1949) 9 copies

A Short History of British Expansion. - The Modern Empire and Commonwealth (1967) 9 copies

A short history of British expansion : the old colonial empire (1945) 9 copies

The evolution of England : a commentary on the facts (1944) 5 copies

Maritime enterprise, 1485-1558 (1913) 5 copies

The Ocean In English History (1948) 3 copies

The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America Under Henry VII and Henry VIII (1929) 3 copies

A notebook of Empire history (1942) 3 copies

English Colonies in Guiana and on the Amazon, 1604-1668 (1969) 2 copies

A notebook of Commonwealth history 2 copies

The foundation & growth of the British Empire (1966) 1 copy

A Brit Birodalom születése és kifejlődése 1 copy

George & Robert Stephenson 1 copy

Life of Robert Dick (1967) 1 copy

The British Empire and Commonwealth : a history for senior forms 1 copy

Grossbritannien und sein Weltreich (1946) 1 copy

Great Britain and the Empire (1944) 1 copy

Great Britain and the Commonwealth (1966) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Williamson, James A.
Legal name: Williamson, James Alexander
Birthdate: 1886
Date of death: 1964
Gender: male

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The story of the British empire in pictures. The… by James Alexander. Williamson

Published in the very brief slot after the Second World War and before India's independence - a supurb snapshot in time.

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Salvator | 1 other review | Feb 15, 2008 |

A short history of British expansion The Modern… by James Alexander Williamson

A useful introduction to British imperial history.

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Fledgist | Oct 6, 2007 |

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Works: 26
Members: 194
Popularity: #112,877
Rating: ½ 3.4

Reviews: 3
ISBNs: 25
Languages: 1

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