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Beyond Madagascar
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In the early seventeenth century, English promoters attempt to establish a colony on Madagascar, but disease, poor planning and conflict undermine the enterprise. Captain John Weddell emerges from the failed venture and turns eastward, seeking access to Chinese trade beyond the established routes of European companies.
Blending documented voyages with fiction, the novel follows Weddell through the commercial rivalries and political corruption of Charles I’s reign. Exploration offers extraordinary opportunity, yet every new market is entangled with monopoly, violence and the ambitions of investors who remain far from the risks borne by crews overseas.
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