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American Baroque: Pearls and the Nature of Empire, 1492-1700

by Molly A Warsh

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"American baroque charts Spain's exploitation of Caribbean pearl fisheries to trace the genesis of its maritime empire. In the 1500s, licit and illicit trade in the jewel gave rise to global networks, connecting the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean to the pearl-producing regions of the Chesapeake and northern Europe"--

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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (2018)

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DDC/MDS: 338.3
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