Navigating the Spanish Lake: The Pacific in the Iberian World, 1521-1898

by Rainer F. Buschmann, Edward R. Slack Jr., James B. Tueller, et al.

Book Overview

Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain's long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521-1898) in the context of its global empire. Building on a growing body of literature on the Atlantic world and indigenous peoples in the Pacific, this pioneering book investigates the historiographical "Spanish Lake" as an artifact that unites the Pacific Rim (the Americas and Asia) and Basin (Oceania) with the Iberian Atlantic. Incorporating an impressive array...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824838246
• ISBN13: 9780824838249
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"