Tag: timber (commodity)*
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The Sun that Never Sets: British Timber in the 18th – 20th Century
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M007 Creator: Jesse Klauber ’21 International Relations Following the collapse of their colonial structure, the British found themselves desperately in need of material. All eyes turned towards the vast swaths of land in the Caribbean, particularly on the coast of Central America, that was either uncolonized or loosely controlled by Spanish and…