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- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume I
- General Introduction: What is America and the World?
- Introduction: What Does America and the World “Mean” before 1825?
- Part I Geographies
- Part II People
- Part III Empires
- Part IV Circulation/Connections
- Part V Institutions
- 17 Slavery, Captivity, and the Slave Trade in Colonial North America’s Global Connections
- 18 A Maritime World
- 19 Antislavery in America, 1760–1820: Comparisons, Contours, Contexts
- 20 Women, Gender, Families, and States
- 21 Empires and the Boundaries of Religion
- Part VI Revolutions
- Index
18 - A Maritime World
from Part V - Institutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2021
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume I
- General Introduction: What is America and the World?
- Introduction: What Does America and the World “Mean” before 1825?
- Part I Geographies
- Part II People
- Part III Empires
- Part IV Circulation/Connections
- Part V Institutions
- 17 Slavery, Captivity, and the Slave Trade in Colonial North America’s Global Connections
- 18 A Maritime World
- 19 Antislavery in America, 1760–1820: Comparisons, Contours, Contexts
- 20 Women, Gender, Families, and States
- 21 Empires and the Boundaries of Religion
- Part VI Revolutions
- Index
Summary
Maritime history is difficult to locate with any spatial precision. Where in the watery expanses of the Atlantic did Columbus’s crews threatened to mutiny? Where off the Azores in 1592 did an English naval squadron seize the fabulously rich Portuguese carrack, Madre de Deus, with its astounding cargo of spices and jewels from the East? Where in the middle passage from Africa to Jamaica did the crew of the Zong send 133 enslaved Africans to their deaths in 1781? Where are the burial sites of the millions of immigrants who died at sea? With oceanic space, there is no way to mark a grave, erect a plinth, investigate the scene of the crime, run a boundary, or post a commemorative plaque.
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- The Cambridge History of America and the World , pp. 403 - 422Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022