عنوان

The boundless sea :

(Number (ISBN

0199934983

(Number (ISBN

9780199934980

Title Proper

The boundless sea :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a human history of the oceans /

First Statement of Responsibility

David Abulafia.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2019

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxii, 1050 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

"First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane"--Title page verso.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 919-983) and index.

Text of Note

Part one. The oldest ocean : the Pacific, 176,000 BC-AD 1350 -- Part two. The middle ocean : the Indian Ocean and its neighbours, 4500 BC-AD 1500 -- Part three. The young ocean : the Atlantic, 22,000 BC-AD 1500 -- Part four. Oceans in conversation, AD 1492-1900 -- Part five. The oceans contained, AD 1850-2000 -- Museums with maritime collections -- Further reading.

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Text of Note

"David Abulafia's new book guides readers along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The main protagonists are the three major oceans-the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian-which together comprise the majority of the earth's water and cover over half of its surface. Over time, as passage through them gradually extended and expanded, linking first islands and then continents, maritime networks developed, evolving from local exploration to lines of regional communication and commerce and eventually to major arteries. These waterways carried goods, plants, livestock, and of course people-free and enslaved-across vast expanses, transforming and ultimately linking irrevocably the economies and cultures of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas"--

Navigation-- History.

Ocean and civilization-- History.

Trade routes-- History.

Meer

Navigation.

Ocean and civilization.

Trade routes.

Zivilisation

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Abulafia, David

Date of Transaction

20200822093442.0

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