The sea and civilization : a maritime history of the world /: a maritime history of the world. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lincoln Paine.
• Authors: Paine, Lincoln P
• Contents: Taking to the water -- The river and seas of ancient Egypt -- Bronze Age seafaring -- Phoenicians, Greeks, and the Mediterranean -- Carthage, Rome, and the Mediterranean -- Chasing the monsoons -- Continent and archipelagoes in the East -- The Christian and Muslim Mediterranean -- Northern Europe through the Viking Age -- The Silk Road of the seas -- China looks seaward -- The medieval Mediterranean and Europe -- The golden age of maritime Asia -- The world encompassed -- The birth of global trade -- State and sea in the age of European expansion -- Northern Europe ascendant -- "Annihilation of space and time" -- Naval power in steam and steel -- The maritime world since the 1950s.
• Publisher Details: New York : Knopf
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 910.4/5; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Ocean and civilization; Naval history; Naval art and science -- History; Navigation -- History; Sea-power -- History; HISTORY -- Military -- Naval; Naval art and science; Naval history; Navigation; Ocean and civilization; Sea-power; Meer; Küste; Zivilisation; HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General; HISTORY / Military / Naval; HISTORY / Military / Vehicles; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780307962256; 0307962253; 9781782393573; 1782393579
• Related ISBNs: 9781400044092; 140004409X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version.
• 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.