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 Pillars of Hercules, and details the exploitation and power struggles of the Atlantic through the centuries.
The book surveys the important events in the Atlantic's rich history and comprehensively analyses the changing fortunes of sea-going nations, including Britain, the United States and Germany.
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Paul Butel is Professor of modern history at Universite de Michel de Montaigne in Bordeaux, France.
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Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR003329124
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Atlantic (Seas in History) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Artikel-Nr. 7719-9780415106900
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Artikel-Nr. 6545-9780415106900
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Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780415106900. Artikel-Nr. 9176785
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
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Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; (xiii, 330 pages) : 1 map. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-318) and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; International trade History. Commerce international Histoire. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International Marketing. POLITICAL SCIENCE International Relations Trade & Tariffs. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Exports & Imports. Navigation. Commerce. International trade. International trade History. 15.65 history of the oceans. International trade History. Atlantic Ocean Region Commerce History. Atlantic Ocean History. 3 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 419083
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Anbieter: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. The author's essential new survey of the Atlantic covers the history of this ocean from antiquity to the present day, charting the political and cultural developments of over 2,000 years of seafaring, succinctly describing and explaining the way nations have used the Atlantic to their own advantage. Artikel-Nr. 012636
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Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. 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, em. Artikel-Nr. 594622294
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Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 Pillars of Hercules, and details the exploitation and power struggles of the Atlantic through the centuries.The book surveys the important events in the Atlantic's rich history and comprehensively analyses the changing fortunes of sea-going nations, including Britain, the United States and Germany. Artikel-Nr. 9780415106900
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