A world history of the seas : from Harbour to horizon
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : North Michael (1954-....) ; Selwyn Pamela Eve (1958-...) ; North Michael (1954-....) ;
- ISBN : 978-1-350-14544-3, 978-1-350-14543-6
- Sujets : Mer -- Histoire, Mer et civilisation, Mer, Navigation, Transport de marchandises
- Langue(s) : Anglais, Allemand
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (XIV-308 pages), : Illustrations, cartes, portrait, graphique, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 25 cm
- Pays de publication : Royaume-Uni, États-Unis, ZZ
Notes
Publié initialement en 2016 à Munich par Velag C. H. Beck oHG sous le titre 'Zwischen Hafen und Horizont' ; La ressource est également disponible en plusieurs formats numériques ; Bibliographie pages [247]-283. Notes bibliographiques en fin de chapitre. Index
Résumé
Offering an introduction to the world's seas as a platform for global exchange and connection, Michael North offers an impressive world history of the seas over more than 3,000 years. Exploring the challenges and dangers of the oceans that humans have struggled with for centuries, he also shows the possibilities and opportunities they have provided from antiquity to the modern day. Written to demonstrate the global connectivity of the seas, but also to highlight regional maritime power during different eras, From Harbour to Horizon takes sailors, merchants and migrants as the protagonists of these histories and explores how their experiences and perceptions of the seas were consolidated through trade and cultural exchange. Bringing together the various maritime historiographies of the world and underlining their unity, this book shows how the ocean has been a vital and natural space of globalization. Carrying goods, creating alliances, linking continents and conveying culture, the history of the ocean played a central role in creating our modern globalized world.