The unnatural history of the sea / / Callum Roberts
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| Autore: |
Roberts Callum
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| Titolo: |
The unnatural history of the sea / / Callum Roberts
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Shearwater Books, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvii, 435 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 909/.09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ocean and civilization |
| Ocean - History | |
| Classificazione: | 56.36.20 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by 15th century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas."--Jacket |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The unnatural history of the sea |
| ISBN: | 1-59726-161-0 |
| 1-4356-6403-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782141703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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