This volume explores nonhuman animals’ involvement with human
maritime activities in the age of sail—as well as the myriad
multispecies connections formed across different geographical
locations knitted together by the long history of global ship
movement. Far from treating the ship as a confined space defined by
the sea, Maritime Animals considers the ship’s connections to
broader contexts and networks and covers a variety of locations,
from the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific Islands. Each chapter
focuses on the oceanic experiences of a particular species, from
ship vermin, animals transported onboard as food, and animal
specimens for scientific study to livestock, companion and working
animals, deep-sea animals that find refuge in shipwrecks, and
terrestrial animals that hunker down on flotsam and jetsam. Drawing
on recent scholarship in animal studies, maritime studies,
environmental humanities, and a wide range of other perspectives
and storytelling approaches, Maritime Animals challenges an
anthropocentric understanding of maritime history. Instead, this
volume highlights the ways in which species, through their
interaction with the oceans, tell stories and make histories in
significant and often surprising ways. In addition to the editor,
the contributors to this volume include Anna Boswell, Nancy
Cushing, Lea Edgar, David Haworth, Donna Landry, Derek Lee Nelson,
Jimmy Packham, Laurence Publicover, Killian Quigley, Lynette
Russell, Adam Sundberg, and Thom van Dooren.
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