1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450960203321

Autore

Reeves Randall R.

Titolo

"Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)"

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l. : , : s.n.], , 1999

ISBN

1-134-84305-4

1-280-19547-9

0-203-01044-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Seas in history

Altri autori (Persone)

SmeenkChris

BrownellRobert L

KinzeCarl Christian

Disciplina

382/.09182/1

Soggetti

International trade - History

Electronic books.

Atlantic Ocean Region Commerce History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In: Handbook of marine mammals -- Volume 6.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Atlantic legends and Atlantic reality before the Iberian discoveries; A new Atlantic: from the fifteenth to the beginning of the sixteenth centuries; The Atlantic and the Iberians: sixteenth to seventeenth centuries; The Atlantic and the growth of the naval powers: the seventeenth century; The golden age of the colonial Atlantic: the eighteenth century; Men and powers in the Atlantic: seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; The Atlantic in the nineteenth century: tradition and change

The Atlantic in the twentieth centuryConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From Antiquity to modern times, the Atlantic has been the subject of myths and legends. The Atlantic by Paul Butel offers a global history of the ocean encompassing the exploits of adventurers, Vikings, explorers such as Christopher Columbus, emigrants, fishermen, and modern traders. The book also highlights the importance of the growth of ports such as New York and Liverpool and the battles of the Atlantic in the world wars of the twentieth century.The author offers an examination



of the legends of the ocean, beginning with the Phoenicians and Carthaginians navigating beyong the

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449813403321

Autore

Doyle Arthur Conan, Sir, <1859-1930.>

Titolo

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [[electronic resource] /] / Arthur Conan Doyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Electric Book Co., c2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Soggetti

Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)

Short stories, English

English literature - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph