| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-391) and index. |
| Summary |
Spans five thousand years of the ocean's history to tell the stories of the courageous individuals who sailed the seas for trade, to conquer new lands, and to explore the unknown, from the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British. |
| Contents |
The first ocean sailors to 1450 -- The age of exploration, 1450-1600 -- The age of empire, 1600-1815 -- Steam and emigration, 1815-1914 -- The wars on the oceans, 1914-1945 -- The global ocean, 1945-present. |
| Subject |
Ocean travel -- History.
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Seafaring life -- History.
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Naval architecture -- History.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Explorers.
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Trade routes -- History.
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Naval history.
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| ISBN |
9781465408419 |
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146540841X |
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9781409367970 hardback |
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1409367975 hardback |
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