{"product_id":"in-search-of-trade-and-fortune","title":"In Search of Trade and Fortune","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 255, 0);\"\u003ePRE-ORDER - DUE 6TH JULY 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A fascinating book that cleverly intertwines the careers of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot.’ – David Abulafia, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boundless Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat did John Cabot and Christopher Columbus truly achieve – and what did they inherit? In this compelling reassessment, Lydia Towns characterizes their voyages not as radical departures, but as chapters in a much older story of Atlantic navigation and commerce. Beginning with Celtic and Viking seafarers, she outlines the long prelude to the so-called Age of Exploration, showing how knowledge, ambition and trade routes shaped the journeys of Cabot and Columbus. Drawing on recent scholarship, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Search of Trade and Fortune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reframes these figures within the systems they extended, not invented. It follows their legacy into the modern age, explaining how national myths, public memory and political uses of history continue to shape our understanding of early exploration. Discovery, this book suggests, was never a solitary act.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookHarbour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220466389319,"sku":"HIS1169","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0865\/6283\/2711\/files\/InSearchofTradeandFortune_July6.jpg?v=1782286789","url":"https:\/\/boat-stuff.com\/products\/in-search-of-trade-and-fortune","provider":"Boat-Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}