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020 _a9780199934980
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050 0 0 _aCB465
_b.A28 2019
099 _a551.46
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100 1 _aAbulafia, David,
245 1 4 _aThe boundless sea :
_ba human history of the oceans /
_cDavid Abulafia.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _axxxii, 1050 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _a"First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane"--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 919-983) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aOcean and civilization
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTrade routes
_xHistory.
650 0 _aNavigation
_xHistory.
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