The conquest of the ocean

the illustrated history of seafaring

400 pages

English language

Published Nov. 17, 2013

ISBN:
978-1-4654-0841-9
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OCLC Number:
855856806

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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.

1 edition

Subjects

  • Trade routes
  • Ocean travel
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Naval architecture
  • Seafaring life
  • Naval history
  • Explorers
  • History