American baroque : pearls and the nature of empire, 1492-1700 /

"Pearls have enthralled global consumers since antiquity, and the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella explicitly charged Columbus with finding pearls, as well as gold and silver, when he sailed westward in 1492. American Baroque charts Spain's exploitation of Caribbean pearl fisheries...

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Main Author: Warsh, Molly A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Evans: Library Stacks

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Call Number: HD9678.P42 C278 2018
 
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