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  • 18 - A Maritime World

  • from Part V - Institutions
  • Edited by Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire, Paul Mapp, College of William and Mary, Virginia, Carla Gardina Pestana, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of America and the World
    Published online:
    12 November 2021
    Print publication:
    03 March 2022, pp 403-422

  • 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.

Britain's Oceanic Empire
  • Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, c.1550–1850
  • Edited by H. V. Bowen, Elizabeth Mancke, John G. Reid
  • Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    31 May 2012
  • This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, metropolitan officials and corporate enterprises, migrants and settlers. Leading scholars examine the divergences and commonalities in the legal and economic regimes that allowed Britain to project imperium across the globe. They explore the nature of sovereignty and law, governance and regulation, diplomacy, military relations and commerce, shedding new light on the processes of expansion that influenced the making of empire. While acknowledging the distinctions and divergences in imperial endeavours in Asia and the Americas - not least in terms of the size of indigenous populations, technical and cultural differences, and approaches to indigenous polities - this book argues that these differences must be seen in the context of what Britons overseas shared, including constitutional principles, claims of sovereignty, disciplinary regimes and military attitudes.

  • 1 - Introduction:

  • Edited by H. V. Bowen, Swansea University, Elizabeth Mancke, University of Akron, Ohio, John G. Reid, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia
  • Book:
    Britain's Oceanic Empire
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    31 May 2012, pp 1-12
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