In Search of Trade and Fortune : John Cabot, Christopher Columbus and the Opening of the Atlantic
by
Lydia Towns
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
183639182X
ISBN-13
9781836391821
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Imprint
Reaktion Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 6th, 2026
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
710 grams
Dimensions
16.80 x 24.20 x 3.60 cms
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Reframes Cabot and Columbus within centuries of Atlantic trade and exploration.
What did John Cabot and Christopher Columbus truly achieve – and what did they inherit? In this compelling reassessment, Lydia Towns characterizes their voyages not as radical departures, but as chapters in a much older story of Atlantic navigation and commerce. Beginning with Celtic and Viking seafarers, she outlines the long prelude to the so-called Age of Exploration, showing how knowledge, ambition and trade routes shaped the journeys of Cabot and Columbus. Drawing on recent scholarship, In Search of Trade and Fortune reframes these figures within the systems they extended, not invented. It follows their legacy into the modern age, explaining how national myths, public memory and political uses of history continue to shape our understanding of early exploration. Discovery, this book suggests, was never a solitary act.
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