Название: The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Автор: David Abulafia
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199934983
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 1088
Размер: 151,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
From the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization.
From the author of the acclaimed The Great Sea, ("Magnificent . . . radiates scholarship and a sense of wonder and fun," Simon Sebag Montefiore; Book of the Year, The Economist), 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.