Atlantic biographies individuals and peoples in the Atlantic world / edited by Jeffrey A. Fortin & Mark Meuwese.
| Other author | Fortin, Jeffrey A. |
| Other author | Meuwese, Mark. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014. |
| Description | xvi, 356 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; volume 27 |
| 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. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013030104 |
| ISBN | 9789004258976 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |