An ocean of rumours : news and information in the Atlantic world /

Across the early modern Atlantic world, there were commodities just as valuable as sugar, tobacco or cotton, news and information. However, crossing an ocean beset by wars, pirates and bad weather made transoceanic communications irregular at best, posing significant challenges to the weekly Europea...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Van Groesen, Michiel
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Series:	Cambridge oceanic histories.
Subjects:	Communication, International > History. Foreign news > History. Journalistic ethics > History. Transatlantic voyages > History.