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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830,
1570-0542 ;
volume 27
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Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 27.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Atlantic sojourners -- Pierre Biard: priest and pirate of Mount Desert Island / Laura M. Chmielewski -- Thomas Morton / Charlotte Carrington -- Alexander von Humboldt, his scientific expedition through the Americas and the impact of his Atlantic experiences / Sandra Rebok -- Part II. Slavery and freedom on the edges of the Atlantic world -- The crossings of Occramar Marycoo, or Newport Gardner / Edward E. Andrews -- Constituting value in a narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of Africa / Bryan Sinche -- Enslaved ship pilots: challenging notions of race and slavery along the peripheries of the revolutionary Atlantic world / Kevin Dawson -- From Ireland to Africa: the criminal career and punishment of Patrick Madan / Emma Christopher -- The transatlantic slave trade and the vulnerability of free blacks in Benguela, Angola, 1780-1830 / Mariana P. Candido -- Part III. Introduction -- Indigenous leaders and the Atlantic world: the parallel lives of Dom Antonio Filipe Camarao and Pieter Poty, 1600-1650 / Mark Meuwese -- Law and colonial reform in the 18th century Spanish world: the life of Francisco Xavier Gamboa, Mexican lawyer / Christopher Albi -- Benkos Bioho: African Maroon leadership in New Grenada / Omar H. Ali -- "Je me vois reduit ... a la Mendicite": marine veterans of New France and their new Atlantic world / Christian Crouch -- Paul Cuffe's journey from 'Musta' to Atlantic-African, 1778-1811 / Jeffrey A. Fortin -- Conclusion: Atlantic lives and Atlantic history / Mark Meuwese. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Atlantic Ocean Region -- Biography.
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Atlantic Ocean Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Atlantic Ocean Region -- History.
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Fortin, Jeffrey A.
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Meuwese, Mark.
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| Other Form: |
9789004259713 |
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(GyWOH)har135025398 |
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Print version: Atlantic biographies. 9789004258976 9004258973 (DLC) 2013030104 |
| ISBN |
9789004259713 (electronic book) |
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9004259716 (electronic book) |
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9789004258976 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004258973 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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