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The Boundless Sea - A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia
40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR For most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as w ...Show more
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia
85.00 NZD
Category: History
David Abulafia begins with the earliest of seafaring societies - the Polynesians of the Pacific, the possessors of intuitive navigational skills, long before the invention of the compass, who by the first century were trading between their far-flung islands. By the seventh century, trading routes stretc ...Show more
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia
30.00 NZD
Category: History
For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism. Ranging across time and the whole extraordina ...Show more
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