Atlantic biographies : individuals and peoples in the Atlantic World
Atlantic Ocean Region Biography SCIENCE TRAVEL sähkökirjat
BRILL
2014
EISBN 9789004259713
Atlantic Biographies; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: ATLANTIC SOJOURNERS; 1. Pierre Biard: Priest and Pirate of Mount Desert Island; 2. Thomas Morton; 3. Alexander von Humboldt, His Scientific Expedition through the Americas and the Impact of His Atlantic Experiences; PART TWO: SLAVERY AND FREEDOM ON THE EDGES OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD; 4. The Crossings of Occramar Marycoo, or Newport Gardner; 5. Constituting Value in A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa.
11. Benkos Biohó: African Maroon Leadership in New Grenada12. 'Je me vois réduit ... à la mendicité:' Marine Veterans of New France and their new Atlantic World; 13. Paul Cuffe's Journey from 'Musta' to Atlantic-African, 1778-18111; Conclusion: Atlantic Lives and Atlantic History; Index.
6. Enslaved Ship Pilots: Challenging Notions of Race and Slavery along the Peripheries of the Revolutionary Atlantic World7. From Ireland to Africa: The Criminal Career and Punishment of Patrick Madan; 8. The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Vulnerability of Free Blacks in Benguela, Angola, 1780-1830; PART THREE:FORGING ATLANTIC IDENTITIES; 9. Indigenous Leaders and the Atlantic World: The Parallel Lives of Dom Antônio Filipe Camarão and Pieter Poty, 1600-1650; 10. Law and Colonial Reform in the 18th Century Spanish World: The Life of Francisco Xavier Gamboa, Mexican Lawyer.
Atlantic Biographies: Individuals and Peoples in the Atlantic World, profiles individuals who dramaticaly impacted and shaped a world that connected the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Each contributor sketches a biography that demonstrates how important individuals were to creating and imagining the Atlantic world from 1600 to 1850.
11. Benkos Biohó: African Maroon Leadership in New Grenada12. 'Je me vois réduit ... à la mendicité:' Marine Veterans of New France and their new Atlantic World; 13. Paul Cuffe's Journey from 'Musta' to Atlantic-African, 1778-18111; Conclusion: Atlantic Lives and Atlantic History; Index.
6. Enslaved Ship Pilots: Challenging Notions of Race and Slavery along the Peripheries of the Revolutionary Atlantic World7. From Ireland to Africa: The Criminal Career and Punishment of Patrick Madan; 8. The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Vulnerability of Free Blacks in Benguela, Angola, 1780-1830; PART THREE:FORGING ATLANTIC IDENTITIES; 9. Indigenous Leaders and the Atlantic World: The Parallel Lives of Dom Antônio Filipe Camarão and Pieter Poty, 1600-1650; 10. Law and Colonial Reform in the 18th Century Spanish World: The Life of Francisco Xavier Gamboa, Mexican Lawyer.
Atlantic Biographies: Individuals and Peoples in the Atlantic World, profiles individuals who dramaticaly impacted and shaped a world that connected the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Each contributor sketches a biography that demonstrates how important individuals were to creating and imagining the Atlantic world from 1600 to 1850.
