Carla Gardin Pestana: ENGLISH CONQUEST OF JAMAICA [2017] hardback CHRIS But look under the surface

But look under the surface

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Carla Gardin Pestana: ENGLISH CONQUEST OF JAMAICA [2017] hardback CHRIS But look under the surfaceIn 1654, England's Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the conquest of Spain's vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The English Conquest of Jamaica presents entrenched imperial fantasies confronting Caribbean realities. It captures the moment when the revolutionary English state first became a