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Nele Popp
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Research Associate, lecturer & PhD candidate in Early Modern History Research Coordinator, Prize Papers Project Universität Oldenburg
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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 2d
I am happy to announce that our dear colleague and associated researcher in the Prize Papers project Alejandro Salamanca @desvelandooriente.com has just published a new book: A Microhistory of Early Modern Transatlantic Migration
The Frigate Agata (1747). Congratulations!
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Nele Popp @neleppp.bsky.social · 2d
This week we’re launching the ship papers of the Fort de Nantes! Check out the thread by Alejandro Salamanca @desvelandooriente.com
#earlymodern #history #maritimehistory #skystorians
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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 2d
Ship's Papers Used in Court (HCA/32/111C/2 and 3):
Every time a ship was captured by the British, all documents that could be found on board were confiscated to be used as evidence in court (read more below) #earlymodern #history #maritimehistory #skystorians
Prize Papers Project, National Archives, ref. HCA 32/111C/2/SP6A. Images reproduced by permission of The National Archives, UK. Photographer: Maria Cardamone
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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 8d
From today, we will release the documents related to the Fort de Nantes, a French ship chartered by Francisco Sánchez de Madrid, a merchant from Cádiz, to travel to Veracruz and Havana. It was captured by two ships of the British Navy on January 5 1747, on its journey back and taken to Plymouth.
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