A Short History of Seafaring
New York : DK Publishing, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: American edition.
Description: 400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
"A Short History of Seafaring is a unique compendium of awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages that always involve great feats of seamanship, navigation, endurance, and ingenuity."--Publisher.
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.
ISBN:
0241379695
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRANSPORT Water Lav | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Title page attributes "Steve Parker" but cover and verso/colophon indicate author as Brian Lavery.
"Previously published in 2013 as The Conquest of the Ocean"--colophon.
Includes bibliography (pages 390-391), glossary, and index.
"Previously published in 2013 as The Conquest of the Ocean"--colophon.
Includes bibliography (pages 390-391), glossary, and index.