Author: LAVERY, BRIAN
Title: The conquest of the ocean: the illustrated history of seafaring / Brian Lavery
Description: New York. New York: DK Publishing 2013. 1st U.S. edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Description; 400 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-391) and index. Contents; The first ocean sailors to 1450 -- The age of exploration. 1450-1600 -- The age of empire. 1600-1815 -- Steam and emigration. 1815-1914 -- The wars on the oceans. 1914-1945 -- The global ocean. 1945-present. Subjects; Ocean travel - History. Seafaring life - History. Naval architecture - History. Discoveries in geography. Explorers. Trade routes - History. Naval history. SCIENCE - Earth Sciences - Geography. TRAVEL - Budget. TRAVEL - Hikes & Walks. TRAVEL - Museums. Tours. Points of Interest. TRAVEL - Parks & Campgrounds. Weight in Kg appr.:

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