The sea : a cultural history

The sea : a cultural history / John Mack.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea, wrote Joseph Conrad. And there is certainly nothing more integral to the development of the modern world. InThe Sea: A Cultural History, John Mack considers those great expanses that both unite and divide us, and the...

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Main Author:	Mack, John, 1949- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion Books, 2011
Subjects:	Ocean. Ocean and civilization. Seafaring life. oceans (marine bodies of water) NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Oceans & Seas. SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Oceanography. Popular Science. Ocean Ocean and civilization Seafaring life Meer Seeschifffahrt Oceaner. Sjömansliv.
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