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Book Chapter
OLD VISIONS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES
2013
Overview
One character making occasional appearances in earlier chapters has been Henry Ellis (1721–1806). Like Arthur Dobbs, Ellis was one of those second-tier figures of eighteenth-century British imperial history who frequently influenced or exemplified important historical developments. In a sparkling 1970 essay, John Shy used Ellis to help illuminate the “spectrum of imperial possibilities” following the Seven Years’ War. In this book, Ellis has spoken confidently of the great islands of necessity existing in the North Pacific. He has participated in the 1746–1747 British expedition in search of a Northwest Passage from Hudson Bay, and his account of the
