The boundless sea : a human history of the oceans

Abulafia, David author

Overview

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.

• Publisher: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books,Jouve (UK) ; Clays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A
• Subject: Ocean and civilization History / Trade routes History / Navigation History
• ISBN: 1846145082, 9781846145087

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
CB 465 .A282 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE