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

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.

About the author

Rainer F. Buschmann (Author)
Rainer F. Buschmann is professor of history at California State University Channel Islands.

Edward R. Slack (Author)
Edward R. Slack Jr. is professor of history at Eastern Washington University.

James B. Tueller (Author)
James B. Tueller is professor of history at Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rainer F Buschmann, Rainer F. Buschmann, Rainer F./ Slack. Buschmann, Edward R Slack, Edward R. Slack, James B Tueller, James B. Tueller
• Assisted by: Edward R. Slack Jr. (Editor), Edward R. Slack (Editor), James B. Tueller (Editor), Anand A Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2014
• EAN: 9780824838249
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3824-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Perspectives on the Global Pas; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Past; Perspectives on the Global Pas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous