Merchants and Explorers. Roger Barlow, Sebastian Cabot and netwoeks of Atlantic exchange, 1500-1560

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Draws on doctoral dissertation - 'Roger Barlow. Tudor trade and the Atlantic world', Melbourne University, 2008. Centres on Roger Barlow, d1553, merchant and explorer and ally of Sebastian Cabot, stated to have been 'largely 'unregarded' since 1932'. Deals with their merchanting activities notably in Spain and their trading and explorations to the New World - 'Roger Barlow, Sebastian Cabot and their relations, companions, trading partners and supporters took advantage of emerging international markets, funded exploration, exchanged information about their discoveries, supported the growth of education in England, and became embroiled in religious change'. Has chapters: 'Roger Barlow's world - community, guild and family'; 'The Mediterranean origins of the Atlantic trading network'; 'Gateway to wealth - the English trading community in Seville'; 'Negotiating fortune - love, death and relationships'; 'Sebastian Cabot and the voyage of spice'; 'South America and the exploration of the Rio de la Plata'; 'Exile, opportunism and recovery'; 'Return and patronage - Bristol to Pembrokeshire'; 'Surviving change and promoting discovery'; 'Controlling trade and consolidating status'; 'Networks of Atlantic exchange'; 'Roger Barlow, Robert Thorne and Hakluyt's Project'; 'Lost legacies and the construction of memory'