Rozwadowski, Helen M.,

Vast expanses : a history of the oceans / Helen M. Rozwadowski. - [Enhanced Credo edition] - 1 online resource (15 entries) : 55 images ; digital files.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: People and oceans -- 1. A long sea story -- 2. Imagined oceans -- 3. Seas connect -- 4. Fathoming all the ocean -- 5. Industrial ocean -- 6. Ocean frontier -- 7. Accessible ocean -- Epilogue: Ocean as archive, sea as history.

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Vast Expanses is a cultural, environmental and geopolitical history that examines the relationship between humans and oceans, reaching back across geological and evolutionary time and exploring different cultures around the globe.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781803163529


Ocean--History.
Ocean and civilization.


Electronic books.

CB465 / .R69 2023eb

551.4