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Автор: Gordon Miller
Название: Voyages: To the New World and Beyond
ISBN: 9780295991153
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0295991151
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 200
Вес: 1.58 кг.
Дата издания: 2011-08-03
Язык: English
Размер: 261 x 300 x 24
Основная тема: Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc),The arts, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes
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Поставляется из: Англии
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We know the shape of the world today because ships of the mid-fiftennth to mid-eighteenth centuries, driven by wind and human muscle, were navigated into every last bay and estuary on Earth searching for new riches. First the take was spices and other exotic products of the Orient, then gold and ivory from Africa, followed by beaver pelts, coffee, and goods from the Americas, and finally luxurious sea otter pelts from the Northwest Coast of North America. The ships that made these voyages evolved over time and their navigators benefited from centuries of accumulated experience.

Voyages recounts the extraordinary feats of more than twenty of Europes most daring maritime explorers as they ventured into the unknown and braved uncharted territory, including Christopher Columbus, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, Martin Frobisher, Ferdinand Magellan, Francis Drake, and James Cook. Exquisitely illustrated with almost 100 of Gordon Millers paintings, many detailed maps, and ship drawings, Voyages reveals the evolution of maritime technologies, the rise and fall of maritime empires, the extreme dangers of sailing uncharted waters, the courage and brutality of life at sea, and the discovery of new continents, cultures, and products. Through their voyages, these ships and sailors defined the true dimensions of the oceans and coastlines of the world.

Дополнительное описание:

Introduction

1. Ancient Ships and Early Navigation

2. The Age of Exploration

3. Settling the New World: The Northern Voyages

4. Charting the Great Southern Ocean

5. Exploring the North Pacific Ocean

Epilogue: