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The mortal sea : fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail /

Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bolster, W. Jeffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : the historic ocean
  • Depleted European seas and the discovery of America
  • Plucking the low-hanging fruit
  • The sea serpent and the mackerel jig
  • Making the case for caution
  • Waves in a troubled sea
  • An avalanche of cheap fish
  • Epilogue : changes in the sea.