By Mark Sheaves Between 1560 and 1660, English and Scottish merchants, ministers, travellers, and statesmen traversed the globe in search of adventure and economic opportunities. Frustrated by England’s weak economy, religious and political turmoil, and social conflict, these entrepreneurial individuals settled all over the world. But how did they integrate into those diverse societies? In […]
Facing North from Inca Country: Entanglement, Hybridity, and Rewriting Atlantic History
When William Strachey imagined Virginia’s future, he pictured Peru.