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A Cultural History of the Sea in the Early Modern Age
Engelsk
Bogcover for A Cultural History of the Sea in the Early Modern Age af , 9781350451186
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9781350451186
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1350451185
Udg. Dato:
19 sep 2024
Størrelse i cm:
24,5 x 17,0 x 2,0
Oplagsdato:
19 sep 2024

A Cultural History of the Sea in the Early Modern Age

Engelsk
Paperback 2024
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For the first time during the Early Modern period, ships regularly traveled between and among all of basins that comprise the World Ocean. During this period European mariners ventured into new waters, where they encountered new trading partners, new environments, and new opportunities. In the Caribbean and Atlantic coast of the Americas, European mariners sought everything from pearls to gold to codfish, and in pursuing these resources they fractured Indigenous communities. Entering into the ancient monsoon routes of the Indian Ocean brought European ships in touch with the powerful states and maritime cultures of East Africa and Asia. Converging on the vast Pacific basin both from the Americas and from Asia brought these mariners into contact with ancient cultures, dangerous passages, and newly global trade routes. During this period of globalization and cultural encounters, the ocean provided a means of transportation, a site of environmental hostility, and a poetic metaphor for both connection and alienation. In material and cultural ways, the global sea-routes traveled during this period laid down structures of global exchange and conflict that the world still follows today
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9781350451186
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1350451185
Udg. Dato:
19 sep 2024
Størrelse i cm:
24,5 x 17,0 x 2,0
Oplagsdato:
19 sep 2024
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