Dodds Pennock, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-4675 (2020) Aztecs abroad? Uncovering the early Indigenous Atlantic. American Historical Review, 125 (3). pp. 787-814. ISSN 0002-8762
Abstract
Indigenous people are often seen as static recipients of transatlantic encounter, influencing the Atlantic world only in their parochial interactions with Europeans, but the reality is that thousands of Native Americans crossed the ocean during the sixteenth century, many unwillingly, but some by choice. As diplomats, entertainers, traders, travelers, and, sadly, most often when enslaved, Indigenous people operated consciously within structures that spanned the ocean and created a worldview that was framed in transatlantic terms. Focusing on purposeful travelers of “Aztec” (Central Mexican) origin, this article uses the distinctive context of the 1500s to rewrite our understandings of the Atlantic world. In the turbulent waters of early empire, we can more easily see Native people as purposeful global actors who created and transformed social, economic, political, and intellectual networks, forging not one but many “Indigenous Atlantics.” This is about more than “looking east from Indian country,” or recovering the transatlantic journeys of Native people, important though both those things are. To find a truly “Indigenous Atlantic,” we must reimagine the history of the ocean itself: as a place of Indigenous activity, imagination, and power.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s). This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in American Historical Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Aztecs; Indigenous Atlantic; Indigenous history; Atlantic history; Indigenous travelers; Native American |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2020 06:49 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2022 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/ahr/rhaa237 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163923 |