Dispatches: Reflections on the Atlantic World

ENDNOTES The King who Could not be Found: The Influence of Prester John and his Kingdom

“Prester John Map” by Abraham Ortelius, from History Today (February 20, 2018). Fair use.

In the Byzantine Empire during the twelfth century, the emperor received a mysterious letter from a Christian king by the name of Prester John. Written in Latin, the letter described Prester John’s kingdom as a place of prosperity and apparent righteousness, though “[n]o

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Sea Shanties: A Microcosm of Exchange

Gorée Island, Senegal: The Doorway to the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Spirituals: Faithful Voices in the Midst of Oppression

Port Royal: Shaky Morals, Shaky Ground

The Inca Roads and the Atlantic Network

To Vax or Not to Vax: The Debate as Old as Vaccines Themselves

Empire in a Glass Case: The Diaspora of Atlantic Artifacts in the British Museum

The Determined, Decisive, and Diverse: Women of the Atlantic World

The False Promise of Liberty: Slavery and the American Revolution

Notorious Pirates of the Caribbean: Blackbeard and Anne Bonny

The French Revolution: An Atlantic Perspective

Privateers and Pirates in the Spanish Atlantic

Sabotage, Suicide, and Flight: Slave Resistance and Resiliency in the Atlantic World

Second-hand Smoke: Tobacco and the Lingering Seeds of the Columbian Exchange

The Forgotten History of Trade Languages

“The Eldorado Spirit”: The Lure of the Man, Lake, and Myth of El Dorado

The Impacts of Invaders: Invasive Species in the Atlantic World

One Mosquito Bite Away from Colonization: Malaria Resistance in Africa due to Sickle Cell Anemia

Not a Drop to Drink: The Fountain of Youth and the Quest for Eternal Life

The Influence of Atlantis and its Lost People

Microscopes on the Past Animal Spotlight—Bluebuck

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