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Dr. Lydia Towns holds a PhD in Transatlantic History from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research interests include the Early Modern Atlantic World, Explorations and Discoveries, Cartographic History, Tudor England, and the history of Piracy and Privateers. Her teaching interests also include World History. She currently serves as the Executive Secretary for the Society for the History of Discoveries.
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Inventing the Grand Banks: A deep chart: Humanities GIS, Cartesian, and literary perceptions of the north-west Atlantic fishery ca 1500–1800
Travis, C., Ludlow, F., Matthews, A., Lougheed, K., Rankin, K., Allaire, B., Legg, R., Hayes, P., Nicholls, J., Towns, L. & Holm, P., Jan 1 2020, In: Geo: Geography and Environment. 7, 1, e00085.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Merchants, Monarchs, and Sixteenth-Century Atlantic Exploration: New Insight into Henry VIII’s Planned Voyage of 1521
Towns, L., May 3 2020, In: Terrae Incognitae. 52, 2, p. 214-228 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review