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Auteur(s) : North, Michael (1954-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : A world history of the seas [Texte imprimé] : from harbour to horizon / Michael North ; translated by Pamela Selwyn

Traduction de : Zwischen Hafen und Horizont

Publication : London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-308 p.) : ill., cartes ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [247]-283. Notes bibliogr. Index
"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"

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Selwyn, Pamela Eve (1958-....). Traducteur  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Mer et civilisation  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Navigation -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Histoire maritime  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  909.096 2 (23e éd.) = Histoire universelle - Océans et mers  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781350145443 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb469979346

Notice n° :  FRBNF46997934 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction -- ; Part I:. The Sea in Antiquity. -- ; The beginnings: Phoenicians and Greeks -- ; Thalassocracies: Athens, Alexandria, Carthage and Rome -- ; Wheat, wine and precious stones -- ; Disintegration or reintegration? -- ; Part II:. North Sea, Baltic Sea and Black Sea: The Vikings. -- ; Trade routes -- ; Swords, jewellery and runestones -- ; Part III:. Red Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea: The Maritime Silk Road. -- ; The proconditions: winds, ships and navigation -- ; Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo: merchants and ports -- ; The Maritime Silk Road -- ; Part IV:. Mediterranean: The rise of the Maritime Republics. -- ; The rise of the Maritime Republics -- ; The new trading power in the Levant -- ; The galley: a safe but costly mode of transport -- ; Emporia and networks -- ; Pirates: robbery and ransom -- ; Part V:. Metropoles on the North and Baltic Seas. -- ; The Hanseatic League: a powerful confederation of trading cities -- ; North Sea metropolises: Bruges, Antwerp and Amsterdam -- ; The Dutch are the 'Carryers of the World' -- ; Farmers, cloth-makers, entrepreneurs and artists: the Netherlandization of the Baltic region -- ; Part VI:. Indian Ocean: Europe meets Asia. -- ; Conflict and cooperation -- ; Silver for cotton fabrics -- ; Merchant dynasties -- ; Life at sea -- ; Europe meets Asia -- ; Part VII:. Atlantic: Expanding horizons and exchanges. -- ; Crossing the Atlantic Ocean -- ; The rivalry between the Spanish and the Portuguese -- ; Sugar, slaves and furs: the Dutch, English and French -- ; Black Atlantic -- ; Indigenous Atlantic -- ; Seamen, buccaneers and pastors -- ; Perceptions of the Atlantic -- ; Part VIII:. Pacific: Exploration and Encounter. -- ; Encounter -- ; Sandalwood, sea cucumbers and sea otters -- ; Between Canton and California -- ; Missionaries and scientists -- ; Part IX:. Global Seas: From Sail to Steam and the Communication Revolution. -- ; Fron sailing ship to steamship -- ; The communication revolution -- ; Emigration and exploration -- ; Schooners and trawlers -- ; The battle for maritime supremacy -- ; Oceanography and a new understanding of the sea -- ; Part X:. Dangerous Seas: Exploitation, Pollution and the Refugee Crisis. -- ; Pearl Harbor and the Bikini Atoll -- ; Flight and migration -- ; Tankers and tonnage -- ; Cruise ships and giant hotels -- ; The recognition of new oceans -- ; Exploitation and destruction -- ; Eutrophication and pollution -- ; Overfishing -- ; Conclusion.