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Exploring the history of smuggling around the world, Alan L. Karras traces all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good h...

(Hardback)

David Ringrose looks beyond the traditional history of European expansionwhich highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemonyin order to explore the more human and genuinely cross-cultural dimensions of Europeans abroad before 1750.

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Arturo Giraldez provides a rich history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. Beginning with the founding of Manila in 1571 and ending in 1815 when the last galleon left Acapulco for the Philippines, these vessels braved weather and pirates to establish a vital connection between the Spanish empire in America with Asia.