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The sea and history / edited by E.E. Rice.

Contributor(s): Rice, E. E.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Wolfson College lectures ; 1995.Publisher: Phoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 1996Description: xii, 165 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0750910968.Subject(s): Ocean and civilizationDDC classification: 930.102804
Contents:
Mare nostrum / Geoffrey Rickman -- Human apprehension of the sea / Elisha Linder -- Sea level, neotectonics and changes in coastal settlements / N.C. Flemming -- Marine resources from antiquity to the present day / Anthony Laughton -- The ship / Seán McGrail -- Sea transport and trade in the ancient Mediterranean / A.J. Parker -- Navigation and exploration in the medieval world / Sarah Arenson -- The development of the command of sea power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / James Eberle -- The sea and the English / John Keegan.
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General lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 930.102804 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00109973
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A series of essays which bring together various aspects of the maritime past, marine resources, changes in coastal environments, human apprehension of the sea and more. Originally presented as the Wolfson College Lectures 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mare nostrum / Geoffrey Rickman -- Human apprehension of the sea / Elisha Linder -- Sea level, neotectonics and changes in coastal settlements / N.C. Flemming -- Marine resources from antiquity to the present day / Anthony Laughton -- The ship / Seán McGrail -- Sea transport and trade in the ancient Mediterranean / A.J. Parker -- Navigation and exploration in the medieval world / Sarah Arenson -- The development of the command of sea power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / James Eberle -- The sea and the English / John Keegan.

Cian Ó Sé collection.