Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic WorldSeafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the specter of shipwreck loomed large. Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World probes this preoccupation by examining portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish literature and culture. The essays collected here showcase shipwrecks symbolic deployment to question colonial