Robert Bromber is an Academic Director of History for
the University of Maryland
University College. By training he is an Atlantic
World specialist.
This work represents Dr. Bromber s ongoing research
into the nexus between the New
and Old Worlds, cultural adaptation, the influence of
a Church under siege, and
governments struggling to understand and control
matters previously unknown.
Two individuals visited this work, one, because he
was one of the afortunados, and the
other, came along quite by accident. William
Shakespeare was the accidental visitor.
While Shakespeare did not directly participate in any
of the events in New Spain he was a
keen observer of current events. It was his contact
with the British Admiralty and friends
in Elizabeth s court that made him take notice of
David Ingram, an afortunado. Ingram,
through a deposition, gave Shakespeare the location,
some characters, and some
indisputable elements from which the Tempest sprang.