James Williamson (historian)
- James Williamson (historian)
James A. Williamson was a prominent historian and expert on the John Cabot voyages. He also wrote many other books on explorers, exploration and discovery.
James Williamson wrote of James Cook::"the greatest explorer of his age and the greatest maritime explorer of his country in any age."
References
*"The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America", James A. Williamson, 1929, reprinted 1971.
*"The Cabot Voyages and Bristol Discovery Under Henry VII", James A. Williamson, 1962.
*"The Evolution of England : A Commentary on the Facts", James A. Williamson, Oxford University Press, 1931 ISBN 0-19-821268-2.
*"The Age of Drake", James A. Williamson, Adam & Charles Black, 1938
*"The Ocean in English History: Being the Ford Lectures", James A. Williamson, Clarendon Press, 1948.
*"Cook and the Opening of the Pacific", James A. Williamson, 1946
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