The conquest of the ocean : the illustrated history of seafaring
Entry/Object ID
LA2019.028.002
Description
Spans five thousand years of the ocean's history to tell the stories of the courageous individuals who sailed the seas for trade, to conquer new lands, and to explore the unknown, from the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British.
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Collection
Library Circulating Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Ocean travel--History., Seafaring life--History., Naval architecture--History., Discoveries in geography., Explorers., Trade routes--History., Naval history.
Book Details
Author
Lavery, Brian
Place Published
City
New York, NY
State/Province
New York
Country
USA
Continent
North America
Ocean
East Coast of North America, Atlantic Ocean, World Ocean