History of the Atlantic World

History of the Atlantic World


Latest Episodes

100 Years of Failure
April 01, 2022

Spain, North America, and the Nature of Conquest.

The Corsairs of Saint-Malo: Interview with Henning Hillmann
April 21, 2021

Jesse and Dr. Henning Hillmann discuss his new book the Corsairs of Saint-Malo.

The Conquests of New Spain
March 22, 2021

Conquest of the Americas part VII begins just after Hernn Corts has completed his conquest of the Aztecs. The episode ends at the conclusion of the Mixtn War.

Atlantic Passages: Interview with Robert Murray
February 15, 2021

Jesse speaks with Dr. Robert Murray from Mercy College regarding his new book, Atlantic Passages: Race, Mobility, and Liberian Colonization

Complexion of Empire in Natchez: Interview with Christian Pinnen
January 10, 2021

Historian Christian Pinnen from Mississippi College chats with Jesse about his new book about colonial Natchez. Natchez was a French colony, an English colony, a Spanish colony, and then finally beca

An Episode Nobody Expects
June 25, 2020

Conquest of the Americas part five. The history of the Spanish Inquisition is a sordid tale of torture and execution. As for the shocking impact of the Inquisition on the Atlantic World? Even Monty

What is Atlantic History?
March 23, 2018

Host Jesse Wuest weaves a tale spanning more than 500 years that begins with Christopher Columbus and ends with the modern world.