Introduction: Currents of the global Atlantic

Part I. Trans-regional interactions before 1492 and the roots of the global Atlantic

"Old World" long distance exchange in Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Part II. Navigating the global Atlantic, 1400-1800

Europe, Africa, and the emergence of the global Atlantic

The global Atlantic and the "Spanish Sea"

The global Atlantic and the worlds of the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800

Conclusion: The decline of the global Atlantic and a new order of things

Chronology.