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010 _a2013015436
020 _a140004409X (hardback)
020 _a9781400044092 (hardback)
035 _a(OCoLC)827258418
040 _aDLC
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049 _aNFGA
092 _a910.45
_bP145
100 1 _aPaine, Lincoln P.
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245 1 4 _aThe sea and civilization :
_ba maritime history of the world /
_cLincoln Paine.
250 _aFirst Edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bKnopf,
_c2013.
300 _axxxv, 744 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates :
_billustrations (some color), maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [661]-706) and index.
520 _a"A maritime history of the world"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _aA retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea.
650 0 _aNaval art and science
_xHistory.
_9238170
650 0 _aNaval history.
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650 0 _aNavigation
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aOcean and civilization.
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650 0 _aSea-power
_xHistory.
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942 _cBOOK
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