Merchants and explorers : Roger Barlow, Sebastian Cabot, and networks of Atlantic Exchange 1500-1560 / Heather Dalton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalton, Heather, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cabot, Sebastian, approximately 1474-1557.

Cabot, Sebastian.

Commerce--History--17th century.

Commerce.

Mediterranean Region.

Atlantic Ocean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Explores the sixteenth century Atlantic world through the travels of trader Roger Barlow and navigator Sebastian Cabot, revealing how these men understood their world, and how their shared knowledge and accumulation of capital in international trade influenced emerging ideas of trade, discovery, settlement, and race in Britain.

Contents:

Cover; Merchants and Explorers: Roger Barlow, Sebastian Cabot, and Networks of Atlantic Exchange 1500-1560; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Images; Abbreviations; INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES; PUBLICATIONS; Introduction: Scenes of Atlantic Exchange; 1: Roger Barlow's World: Community, Guild, & Family; THE BARLOW FAMILY: ACCEPTED WISDOM; THE BARLOW FAMILY: NEW INFORMATION; ROGER BARLOW'S EDUCATION & EARLY CAREER; 2: The Mediterranean Origins of an Atlantic Trading Network; HENRY PATMER & THE ESSEX CONNECTION; THOMAS & JOHN BRIDGES & THE SLAVE TRADING CONNECTION

MARTIN POLLARD & THE DRAPER'S CONNECTIONROBERT & NICHOLAS THORNE & THE GENOESE CONNECTION; THOMAS MALLIARD & THE SUGAR CONNECTION; SEBASTIAN CABOT, MAPMAKER, NAVIGATOR, & PILOT MAJOR; 3: Gateway to Wealth: The English Trading Community in Seville; A PORT CITY OF OUTSIDERS; ENGLISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE SLAVE TRADE; TRADING RELATIONSHIPS; SHERRY, OIL, & THE SOAP MONOPOLY; 4: Negotiating Fortune: Love, Death, & Relationships; ROGER BARLOW & THE DEATH OF THOMAS MALLIARD; SEBASTIAN CABOT & THE CONQUISTADOR'S WIDOW; 5: Sebastian Cabot & the Voyage for Spice; INSTIGATING THE VOYAGE

CONFLICTING AGENDAS & SETTLING AFFAIRSROGER BARLOW PREPARES; SETTING SAIL; THE SOUTHERN CROSS; 6: South America & the Exploration of the Rio de la Plata; PERNAMBUCO TO TERRA DE LOS PATOS; RIO DE LA SOLIS; A CANNIBAL 'FEAST'; FEAST, FAMINE, DISEASE, & DESPAIR; 7: Exile, Opportunism, & Recovery; PRESENTING CABOT'S CASE & RAISING FUNDS; CABOT'S RETURN: PERSECUTION, EXILE, & LOSS; BARLOW & THORNE LEAVE SEVILLE; THE BRIDGES & HENRY PATMER STAY IN SEVILLE; SEBASTIAN CABOT & CATALINA DE MEDRANO'S LAST YEARS IN SEVILLE; 8: Return & Patronage: Bristol to Pembrokeshire

ROGER BARLOW, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, & THORNE'S PROJECTJOHN BARLOW, ANN BOLEYN, THOMAS CROMWELL, & WALES; THE BISHOPRIC OF ST DAVID'S & THE 'IRISH PROBLEM'; MONEY, PROPERTY, & POWER; 9: Surviving Change & Promoting Discovery; PROPERTY, WATERWAYS, & TRADING LINKS; CLOSING RANKS IN THE WAKE OF RELIGIOUS SHIFTS; DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE & PROMOTING DISCOVERY; 10: Controlling Trade & Consolidating Status; LICIT AND ILLICIT TRADE; THE DEATH OF NICHOLAS THORNE AND ACQUISITION OF SLEBECH; 11: Networks of Atlantic Exchange; CABOT'S RETURN & THE DEATH OF ROGER BARLOW

THE BARLOW'S OF SLEBECH IN THE WAKE OF ROGER'S DEATH12: Roger Barlow, Robert Thorne, & Hakluyt's Project; BARLOW, THORNE, & THE WAY VIA THE NORTH; ROBERT THORNE, JOHN DEE, & HAKLUYT'S QUEST; BARLOW, FRAMPTON, & HAKLUYT'S PROMOTION OF THE 'BLACK LEGEND'; 13: Lost Legacies & the Construction of Memory; MEMORIALIZING ROBERT THORNE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE; MEMORIALIZING ROGER BARLOW IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE; ROGER BARLOW'S GRANDSON, NEPHEW, & THE DANGER OF SPANISH CONNECTIONS; LAUDING SEBASTIAN CABOT AS A VOYAGER OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC; Glossary; ENGLISH WEIGHTS; CASTILIAN WEIGHTS

CASTILIAN CURRENCY CIRCA 1500

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-177374-3

0-19-165212-1