In Search of Trade and Fortune
John Cabot, Christopher Columbus and the Opening of the Atlantic
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2026
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
9781836391821 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
9781836391821 (ISBN)
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Reframes Cabot and Columbus within centuries of Atlantic trade and exploration.
What did John Cabot and Christopher Columbus truly achieve – and what did they inherit? In this compelling reassessment, Lydia Towns characterizes their voyages not as radical departures, but as chapters in a much older story of Atlantic navigation and commerce. Beginning with Celtic and Viking seafarers, she outlines the long prelude to the so-called Age of Exploration, showing how knowledge, ambition and trade routes shaped the journeys of Cabot and Columbus. Drawing on recent scholarship, In Search of Trade and Fortune reframes these figures within the systems they extended, not invented. It follows their legacy into the modern age, explaining how national myths, public memory and political uses of history continue to shape our understanding of early exploration. Discovery, this book suggests, was never a solitary act.
What did John Cabot and Christopher Columbus truly achieve – and what did they inherit? In this compelling reassessment, Lydia Towns characterizes their voyages not as radical departures, but as chapters in a much older story of Atlantic navigation and commerce. Beginning with Celtic and Viking seafarers, she outlines the long prelude to the so-called Age of Exploration, showing how knowledge, ambition and trade routes shaped the journeys of Cabot and Columbus. Drawing on recent scholarship, In Search of Trade and Fortune reframes these figures within the systems they extended, not invented. It follows their legacy into the modern age, explaining how national myths, public memory and political uses of history continue to shape our understanding of early exploration. Discovery, this book suggests, was never a solitary act.
Lydia Towns is Assistant Professor in World History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. She received her PhD in History, with a focus on Transatlantic History, from the University of Texas at Arlington, and currently lives in Nacogdoches, the oldest town in Texas.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 37 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781836391821 / 9781836391821 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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