As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's
excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced
was palpable. Mackrabie's journey was conducted under the auspices
of the London-based East India Company and was one of the many
thousands of Company voyages that brought Europeans into contact
with Asian countries and cultures, as well as numerous people and
places along the way. Atlantic Voyages tells the story of
travellers like Mackrabie as they navigated the waters of the
Atlantic Ocean, reflecting on who and what they had left behind in
Europe, looking forward to new challenges in Asia, and evaluating
the sights and smells, sounds and tastes, hopes and expectations,
fears and regrets, that regaled their senses and played on their
minds as they sailed along the way. It charts the tension between
tedium and terror on the one hand, and exhilaration and excitement
on the other, attempting to understand the maritime space of the
Atlantic as it was experienced by the people who traversed its
waters. The lives of the people carried by East Indiamen were
deeply affected by their Atlantic experiences. They confronted the
reality of shipboard life: its seasickness and boredom, its cramped
living conditions, its questionable dining fare, and its severely
restricted privacy. They acclimatised to the rhythms of the ocean
and the vicissitudes of the weather. They encountered rites of
passage and ceremonies of initiation on the high seas. They
prepared themselves for cultural disorientation and a host of
unusual sights and sensations. And they wondered at the
extraordinary beauty of the elements around them - the sea, the
sky, the islands - and the strangeness of their inhabitants, human
and animal alike. The ship's passage played a crucial role in
shaping the responses and experiences of those individuals
surrounded by its wooden walls. Their words bring to life this
maritime journey, illuminate the experiences of the people who
undertook it, and contribute to our understanding of the place of
the Atlantic Ocean in wider histories of the East India Company and
the British Empire in this period.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| Authors: |
John McAleer
(Associate Professor of History)
|
| Dimensions: |
241 x 161 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-289474-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-19-289474-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780192894748 |
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