A Short History of Seafaring

by Brian Lavery

Book Overview

For more than 5,000 years, the sea has challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it.

This history of the sea and sailing tells the remarkable story of those individuals--whether they lived to tell the tale themselves or not.

From the early Polynesian seafarers and the first full circumnavigations of the globe, to explorers picking their way through the coral reefs of the West Indies, this book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1465484639
• ISBN13: 9781465484635
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"