The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire

boxes. The Wardian Case is a comprehensive study of an unfamiliar and forgotten equipment that entices its readers by detailing Ward’s invention and its implications the world over. The book is well written, with a variety of illustrations, some of which are in color, and endnotes which provide supplementary books for any further information about the topic. Overall, while the book may be too academic for some readers, its insightful narrative and discussion on the Wardian case’s impact on empire-building is engaging and will interest a broad audience, such as natural and medical historians, horticulturists, scholars of exploration and discovery, and scholars of imperialism and colonialism.