The Atlantic World
What is The Atlantic World?
In order to truly understand what the Atlantic World is, one must first be informed of its history. Throughout the course of the time period between the 1500’s and the 1800’s, the Atlantic Ocean was used in ways that completely shaped its past. It was no longer to be simply seen as a large body of water, but instead as a passageway that connected various groups of people. From European Vikings to fishermen, the Ocean was covered with countless clusters of nations whom were trying to survive the Ice Age. The need to explore and investigate what else was out there for them lead to a series of events that no one could have imagined were to come. For example, trades, taxes on trades, the formation of empires and religious tensions. “…This undersea territory, which overlaps parts of New England and Atlantic Canada, was crucial to the evolution of the Atlantic World.” In other words, the real history of the Atlantic revolves around what was happening on its waters, way back then. It all began when people first to migrated to North America via the Bering Strait Land Bridge in attempt to survive the Ice Age. During this time, many took to discovering the Atlantic in hopes of stumbling upon new land with more resources and the chance for a better life. The Bask were among this crowd of explorers, but they were only crossing the waters to fish and find other foods. They were not concerned with interacting with others whom they came across, nor were they interested in setting up colonies. The Europeans Vikings had a similar method, but they took a more aggressive approach. They were comparable to bandits in the sense that they would go after the foods and goods of others whom they saw along the way, with very little hesitation. Many European voyagers were focused on finding goods such as gold, lumber, sugar and other things, which they considered to be very valuable to them at the time. When it came to all of the different groups of
In order to truly understand what the Atlantic World is, one must first be informed of its history. Throughout the course of the time period between the 1500’s and the 1800’s, the Atlantic Ocean was used in ways that completely shaped its past. It was no longer to be simply seen as a large body of water, but instead as a passageway that connected various groups of people. From European Vikings to fishermen, the Ocean was covered with countless clusters of nations whom were trying to survive the Ice Age. The need to explore and investigate what else was out there for them lead to a series of events that no one could have imagined were to come. For example, trades, taxes on trades, the formation of empires and religious tensions. “…This undersea territory, which overlaps parts of New England and Atlantic Canada, was crucial to the evolution of the Atlantic World.” In other words, the real history of the Atlantic revolves around what was happening on its waters, way back then. It all began when people first to migrated to North America via the Bering Strait Land Bridge in attempt to survive the Ice Age. During this time, many took to discovering the Atlantic in hopes of stumbling upon new land with more resources and the chance for a better life. The Bask were among this crowd of explorers, but they were only crossing the waters to fish and find other foods. They were not concerned with interacting with others whom they came across, nor were they interested in setting up colonies. The Europeans Vikings had a similar method, but they took a more aggressive approach. They were comparable to bandits in the sense that they would go after the foods and goods of others whom they saw along the way, with very little hesitation. Many European voyagers were focused on finding goods such as gold, lumber, sugar and other things, which they considered to be very valuable to them at the time. When it came to all of the different groups of