Interesting documents preserved at Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cádiz Cultura Junta de Andalucía featuring food onboard and cooks on naval and merchant ships departing for New Spain and returning to Cádiz in the 18th c. shorturl.at/7BdUT

Hello all, we are happy to have YAN Niping University of Macau for our next #Transpacific lecture. She will talk about the making of the famous Boxer Codex (1590s) and the layers of geographic knowledge contained within. See you on📅Sept 27 at 15:00 CET via Teams. 👉shorturl.at/8RlQ7

This fall, we will feature two talks in our #Transpacific lecture series, with speakers Cuauhtémoc Villamar and Lynette Russell. Check out the dates 📅and details below, along with the Teams links to join 👉shorturl.at/rDVyi

📣CFA: EarlyModern_KULeuven We are offering a fully-funded PhD position for the project "Globalisation and the Spread of Disease in Early Modern Maritime (South-)East Asia," with a focus on Taiwan and Dutch Batavia. Apply by Feb 28: tinyurl.com/emhphd.

You can still apply for this position until March 17!

✴️22 a 24 de Maio ✔️Workshop Final do Projeto RUTTER 📍Academia das Ciências de Lisboa

The final workshop of the RUTTER project has begun: two and a half days not to present the project, but to share knowledge and engage in discussions with colleagues and friends at the #AcademiadaCiências de Lisboa. More photos: rutter-project.org/gallery/

We’re happy to welcome Stefanie Gänger from Heidelberg University for a talk on "Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease, 1760–1830" across the French, Iberian, and British empires. Feel free to join us👇 🗓️ June 27, 2025 | 14:00 CET | Online (MS Teams) 🔗 shorturl.at/qgsrj

Counting down to the publication of 2 fantastic new books this summer: Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600 - out 6/8/25 Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy - out 22/9/25 Pre-order them now! aup.nl/en/series/mari…

We're hosting a hybrid event next Thursday, July 31st, as a follow up to Jasmin Law's PhD defense, featuring case studies from Angela Schottenhammer,Ron Po and Kristof Loockx. For more details and to register, check out shorturl.at/E5Wb2. Looking forward to seeing you there!🌊

In early modern #navigation, theory met practice at #sea. Cosmographers had the models, but #pilots had the skills—and they almost always won. Read the finale of Pilots Always Win by José M. Moreno Madrid at rutter-blog.blogspot.com/2025/08/pilots… CIUHCT European Research Council (ERC)

Our next lecture series talk features Ricardo Castellón on Asia-Central America connections in the 18th c, examining the trade of “efectos de China,” & how the Reino de Guatemala was a key connector in the colonial global system. Join us on Jan 30 at 3PM! tinyurl.com/3zwrr649