Beyond the blue horizon : how the earliest mariners unlocked the secrets of the oceans /: how the earliest mariners unlocked the secrets of the oceans. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Fagan.
• Other Names: Fagan, Brian M
• Contents: "The sands and flats are discovered" -- Across the Pacific. Sunda and Sahul ; "Butterfly wings scattered over the water" ; A pattern of islands -- Poseidon's waters. A world of ceaseless movement ; Timber and mekku-stones -- The monsoon world. The Erythraean Sea ; "A place of great traffic" ; "We spread our cloudlike sails aloft" -- Turbulent waters in the North. Seascapes of ancestors ; "Storms fell on the stern in icy feathers" -- The Pacific to the West. The Aleutians : "The sea becomes very high" ; Raven releases the fish ; The fiery pool and the spiny oyster -- Of fish and portolans.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 313 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 910.4/5; History; Navigation, Prehistoric; Ocean travel; Sea Peoples; Navigation; Seefahrer; Schiffsreise; History -- Military -- Naval; Maritime history; Navigation, Prehistoric; Sea Peoples -- History; Ocean travel -- History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608193851; 1608193853; 9781408833506; 1408833506
• Related ISBNs: 9781608190058; 1608190056; 9781408825068; 1408825066
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.