Steve Mentz is Professor of English at St John’s University, USA. He is the author of three books, including Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550 – 1719 (2015), and the editor of four books. His maritime research has been supported by the Folger Shakespeare Library, the John Carter Brown Library, Mystic Seaport, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Maritime Museum in London.

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Margaret CohenIntroduction, Steven Mentz1. Knowledges, Christopher L. Pastore2. Practices, John B. Hattendorf3. Networks, Dan Brayton4. Conflicts, Dyani Johns Taff5. Islands and Shores, Debapriya Sarkar6. Travellers, Josiah Blackmore7. Representations, James Seth8. Imaginary Worlds, Lowell DuckertNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex

Steve Mentz is Professor of English at St John’s University, USA. He is the author of three books, including Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550 – 1719 (2015), and the editor of four books. His maritime research has been supported by the Folger Shakespeare Library, the John Carter Brown Library, Mystic Seaport, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Maritime Museum in London.

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Margaret CohenIntroduction, Steven Mentz1. Knowledges, Christopher L. Pastore2. Practices, John B. Hattendorf3. Networks, Dan Brayton4. Conflicts, Dyani Johns Taff5. Islands and Shores, Debapriya Sarkar6. Travellers, Josiah Blackmore7. Representations, James Seth8. Imaginary Worlds, Lowell DuckertNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex

Steve Mentz is Professor of English at St John’s University, USA. He is the author of three books, including Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization, 1550 – 1719 (2015), and the editor of four books. His maritime research has been supported by the Folger Shakespeare Library, the John Carter Brown Library, Mystic Seaport, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Maritime Museum in London.

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Margaret CohenIntroduction, Steven Mentz1. Knowledges, Christopher L. Pastore2. Practices, John B. Hattendorf3. Networks, Dan Brayton4. Conflicts, Dyani Johns Taff5. Islands and Shores, Debapriya Sarkar6. Travellers, Josiah Blackmore7. Representations, James Seth8. Imaginary Worlds, Lowell DuckertNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex