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- catalog abstract ""Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port-Royal in Acadia, Now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec in 1690. He became the first royal governor of Massachusetts in 1692, put an end to the Salem witchcraft trials, and negotiated a treaty with the native Wabanaki." "This biography presents a well-rounded picture of Phips, one that looks at all phases of his colourful career. He was an unusual figure among colonial governors, and his very uniqueness, as well as his difficulties as governor, help us to understand the politics and society of New England during his era. Helped and hindered by his obscure origins, Phips struggled for advancement, and his struggle illustrates the fluid nature of the British Empire in the late seventeenth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10887438.
- catalog contributor b10887439.
- catalog coverage "Massachusetts History Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.".
- catalog coverage "Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port-Royal in Acadia, Now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec in 1690. He became the first royal governor of Massachusetts in 1692, put an end to the Salem witchcraft trials, and negotiated a treaty with the native Wabanaki." "This biography presents a well-rounded picture of Phips, one that looks at all phases of his colourful career. He was an unusual figure among colonial governors, and his very uniqueness, as well as his difficulties as governor, help us to understand the politics and society of New England during his era. Helped and hindered by his obscure origins, Phips struggled for advancement, and his struggle illustrates the fluid nature of the British Empire in the late seventeenth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-342) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 359 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802009255 (bound) :".
- catalog identifier "0802081711 (pbk.) :".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts History Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts".
- catalog subject "974.4/02/092 21".
- catalog subject "Adventure and adventurers Massachusetts Biography.".
- catalog subject "F67 .P5663 1998".
- catalog subject "Governors Massachusetts Biography.".
- catalog subject "Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695.".
- catalog title "The New England knight : Sir William Phips, 1651-1695 / Emerson W. Baker and John G. Reid.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".