Название: The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade [2 volumes]
Автор: Stephen K. Stein (editor)
Издательство: ABC-CLIO
Год: 2017
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 940
Размер: 10.3 Мб
Язык: English
In all eras, water transport has served as the cheapest and most efficient means of moving cargo and people over any significant distance. Only relatively recently have railroads and aircraft provided an alternative. Most of the world's bulk goods continue to travel primarily by ship over water. Even today, 95 percent of the cargo that enters and leaves the United States does so by ship. Similarly, people around the world rely on the sea for food, and in recent years, the sea has become an important source of oil and other resources, with the longterm effects of our continuing efforts to extract resources from the sea further highlighting environmental concerns that range from pollution to the exhaustion of fish stocks.
