An Ocean of Rumours : News and Information in the Atlantic World
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Forventes utgitt: 30.11.2025
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Across the early modern Atlantic world, there were other commodities as valuable as sugar, tobacco or cotton: news and information. Michiel van Groesen argues that the irregularity of their arrival created a distinctive 'culture of anticipation' and that the rhythm of circulation underpinned all transatlantic exchanges in the period.