Atlantic Ocean : the illustrated history of the ocean that changed the world

A “significant historic and literary achievement”: that’s what the Associated Press called Martin W. Sandler’s enthralling Resolute . Now, Sandler returns to the high seas, this time for an in-depth look at the Atlantic, those who sailed across it, and the world-shifting transformations wrought by those explorers and travelers. Since 300 B.C.E., the Atlantic has served as the corridor for fundamental exchanges of peoples and technologies, a pathway for the transfer of ideas and cultures that defined and challenged communities across wide spans of time and space. This, the first illustrated and comprehensive history of the Atlantic World, is at the forefront of an exciting new wave of study in universities and think tanks. Atlantic History is an increasingly dynamic field of scholarship based on the notion that the Americas, Africa, and Europe have composed a regional system from the late 15th century to the present. Sandler explores the historical, socioeconomic, political, scientific, and cultural developments that occurred throughout this important region and that shaped the modern world to this very day. They include everything from exploration and discovery, the dissemination of ideas, and the growth of global commerce, and the fall of imperialism. Lavishly illustrated with exquisite antique maps, period paintings and engravings, documents, political cartoons, and photographs, this unique volume is an engaging read sure to appeal to audiences everywhere. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data......Page 8 DEDICATION......Page 9 CONTENTS......Page 11 FOREWORD......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 1 The Atlantic: The Sea of Darkness......Page 17 MYTHICAL ISLANDS......Page 18 Sea Monsters......Page 19 VENTURING INTO THE GREEN SEA OF DARKNESS......Page 23 THE VIKINGS......Page 26 The Vinland Map......Page 32 2 Exploration and Discovery: Europeans Encounter a New World......Page 39 THE AMBITION OF PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR......Page 40 THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE......Page 50 THE ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA......Page 52 The Face of Columbus......Page 60 VASCO DA GAMA......Page 64 AMERIGO VESPUCCI'S NEW CONTINENTS......Page 68 VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD......Page 74 Cod......Page 79 3 Impact of the New World: European and Native American Cultures Collide......Page 84 THE NATIVE AMERICANS......Page 86 Jaques Le Moyne......Page 90 John White......Page 91 NEW WORLD FLORA AND FAUNA......Page 96 Botanical Treasures......Page 106 FOOD OF THE GODS......Page 108 4 Colonization: Settling a New World......Page 119 THE INDIES: PRIZED POSSESSIONS......Page 120 THE CONTINENT AND THE CONQUISTADORES......Page 124 THE FRENCH ATTEMPT COLONIZATION......Page 143 ENGLAND RULES THE NORTH......Page 148 Sir Francis Drake......Page 152 THE DUTCH EAST INPIA COMPANY......Page 166 PEACEABLE KINGDOM......Page 171 THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION......Page 176 5 Slavery: Inhuman Bondage......Page 181 SLAVERY......Page 182 SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD......Page 183 A CIVILIZATION THREATENED......Page 187 Early African Art......Page 192 TRIANGLE OF TRADE AND SUFFERING......Page 195 6 The American Revolution: Cutting Ties Across the Atlantic......Page 209 THE BREACH BEGINS......Page 210 THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR......Page 213 DEBT. TAXES, AND REBELLION......Page 224 The Patriots......Page 226 Loyalists......Page 236 The Troops , the Battles......Page 240 7 The Impact of the American Revolution: A New Model for Government......Page 245 THE ENLIGHTENMENT......Page 246 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION......Page 249 Enlightenment Thinkers......Page 250 Napoleon......Page 264 WAR OF 1812......Page 266 LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE......Page 271 CHALLENGING SLAVERY......Page 281 8 The Indusbial Revolution: Mechanization and the Atlantic World......Page 287 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION......Page 288 TEXTILE MANUFACTURING......Page 289 IRON-MAKING......Page 293 STEAM POWER......Page 297 A Land and People Transformed......Page 298 THE IRON HORSE......Page 303 TECHNOLOGY BOOM......Page 308 Grand Exhibitions......Page 326 9 New Ships, New Commerce: A New Age of Atlantic Trade......Page 329 PACKET SHIPS......Page 330 Claude Joseph Vernet......Page 336 CLIPPER SHIPS......Page 338 WHALESHIPS......Page 345 THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE AND THE SEARCH FOR JOHN FRANKLIN......Page 350 Yachting......Page 354 STEAM VESSELS......Page 357 Atlantic Cable......Page 365 IRONCLADS......Page 368 10 The Great Tide of Immigration: A Histmic Transfer of Cultures......Page 371 MASS EXODUS......Page 372 Immigrants in the Media......Page 378 THE JOURNEY OF THEIR LIVES......Page 380 ISLAND OF HOPE, ISLAND OF TEARS......Page 386 Statue of Liberty......Page 392 OUT INTO AMERICA......Page 400 Labor and Humanity......Page 410 The Neighborhood......Page 414 11 The Atlantic World Confirmed: The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries......Page 425 SUPERLINERS......Page 426 Panaina Canal......Page 432 The Titanic......Page 434 WORLD WAR I......Page 438 THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN TRAVEL......Page 448 WORLD WAR II......Page 454 THE NEW SHIPS......Page 463 OCEAN ECOLOGY......Page 467 EARTH'S FINAL FRONTIER......Page 468 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 474 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 476 INDEX......Page 477 PICTURE CREDITS......Page 483 The Atlantic : the sea of darkness Exploration and discovery : Europeans encounter a new world Impact of the new world : European and Native American cultures collide Colonization : settling a new world Slavery : inhuman bondage The American Revolution : cutting ties across the Atlantic The impact of the American Revolution : a new model for government The Industrial Revolution : mechanization and the Atlantic world New ships, new commerce : a new age of Atlantic trade The great tide of immigration : a historic transfer of cultures The Atlantic world confirmed : the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since 300 BCE, the Atlantic has served as the corridor for fundamental exchanges of peoples and technologies and as a pathway for the transfer of ideas and cultures. This title presents the history of the Atlantic World. It explores the historical, socioeconomic, scientific and cultural developments that occurred throughout this region. Presents an illustrated examination of the Atlantic Ocean and the transformative role it has played as a corridor for the exchange of people, technologies, ideas, goods, and cultures for over two thousand years as exploration and discovery helped in the growth of global commerce