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In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783
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In an exploration of the oceanic connections of the Atlantic world, Michael J. Jarvis recovers a mariner’s view of early America as seen through the eyes of Bermuda’s seafarers. The first social history of eighteenth-century Bermuda, this book profiles how one especially intensive maritime community capitalized on its position “in the eye of all trade.”
Jarvis takes readers aboard small Bermudian sloops and follows white and enslaved sailors as they … More >>
In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783
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