Global Ocean of Knowledge, 1660-1860

Karel Davids is Professor of Economic and Cultural History at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has previously held positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the University of Leiden, Netherlands. He has published widely on economic and social history, maritime history, global history and the history of technology.

• 1. Introduction: Globalization, Maritime Knowledge and the Atlantic worldPART I Globalizing Forces and the Growth of Maritime Knowledge in the Atlantic World, c.1660-1730Introduction: Globalisation between c.1660 and 17302. Globalising Forces and the Growth of Maritime Knowledge3. Growing Maritime Knowledge and GlobalisationPART II Maritime knowledge and Globalisation in the Atlantic World, c. 1730-1800Introduction: Globalisation Between c.1730 and 18004. Maritime Knowledge Aiding Globalisation5. Globalising Forces and the Growth of Maritime Knowledge Machines, Infrastructures and the Circulation of Maritime KnowledgePart III The Reshaping of the Atlantic World and the Collectivisation of Maritime Knowledge, c. 1800-1860Introduction: Globalisation Between c.1800 and 18606. Maritime Knowledge Aiding Globalisation7. Globalising Forces and the Collectivisation of Maritime KnowledgeConclusion

This third volume focuses on the Atlantic world, detailing the factors driving globalization and the development, spread, and growth of knowledge and technology—but with a continuous focus on the effect of the maritime environment on how specific knowledge and technologies developed ... This work is a valuable addition to scholarship on the Atlantic world and globalization studies.