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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia (Hardcover, 2019)
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David Abulafia begins with the earliest of seafaring societies - the Polynesians of the Pacific, the possessors of intuitive navigational skills, long before the invention of the compass, who by the first century were trading between their far-flung islands. By the seventh century, trading routes stretched from the coasts of Arabia and Africa to southern China and Japan, bringing together the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, linking together half the world through the international spice trade. In the Atlantic, centuries before the little kingdom of Portugal carved out its powerful, seaborne colonial empire, many peoples sought new lands across the sea - the Bretons, the Frisians and, most notably, the Vikings, now known to be the first Europeans to reach North America. As Portuguese supremacy dwindled in the late sixteenth century, the Spanish, the Dutch and then the British each successively ruled the waves. Following merchants, explorers, pirates, cartographers and travellers in their quests for spices, gold, ivory, slaves, lands for settlement and knowledge of what lay beyond, David Abulafia has created an extraordinary narrative of humanity and the oceans. Besides its grand narratives, The Boundless Sea explores the lesser known maritime enterprises of Denmark, Sweden, Oman, Sri Vijaya and many others. And today, as plastic refuse covers thousands of square miles of the waters, and once exotic trading cities and outposts are replaced by vast, mechanized container ports, he asks - what next for our oceans and our world?Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139781846145087
eBay Product ID (ePID)21046633529
Product Key Features
Number of Pages1088 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Boundless Sea: a Human History of the Oceans
Publication Year2019
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Abulafia
FormatHardcover
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Item Height240 mm
Item Weight1414 g
Item Width162 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDavid Abulafia
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- 13. Aug. 2023
Excellent!
An excellent, thoroughly researched, well written informative book. Would recommend to anyone with even a slight interest in history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 23. Okt. 2019
Guaranteed to expend the readers knowledge. Buy it!
Totally absorbing, an academic read which will absorb the reader for some weeks!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
