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Autore |
Butel Paul |
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Titolo |
The Atlantic / / Paul Butel ; translated by Iain Hamilton Grant |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-84304-6 |
1-134-84305-4 |
1-280-19547-9 |
0-203-01044-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (347 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International trade - History |
Atlantic Ocean Region Commerce History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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In: Handbook of marine mammals -- Volume 6. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-318) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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