A brief history of the Atlantic
Jeremy Black
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
| Omfang | x, 274 pages : : map ;
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| Opplysninger | Physical history -- Confronting the crossing: the ocean before Columbus -- The creation of an Iberian Atlantic, 1400-1600 -- New Atlantics, 1569-1678 -- Atlantic struggles, 1679-1774 -- New 'Players', 1775-1825 -- Steaming the ocean, 1826-1913 -- The First World War and after, 1914-38 -- The Second World War, 1939-45 -- The Atlantic in the Cold War, 1945-90 -- The Atlantic today, 1991- -- Postscript.. - "A concise look at the evolution of one of our most crucial transport and trade routes that will open your eyes to its vivid history. Jeremy Black expertly spotlights those who embarked to cross the ocean over the last 550 years and how it came to be established as the ocean for the world"--Publisher's description.
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| ISBN | 9781472145918
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