The ancient mariners : seafarers and sea fighters of the Mediterranean in ancient times /

Tells the story of ancient accomplishments on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire, explaining how seafaring people perfected trading vessels from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a thousand tons, how they transformed warships from simple oared trans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Casson, Lionel, 1914-2009
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1991.
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
To 1500
Shipping > Mediterranean Sea > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Navigation.
Shipping.
Seeschifffahrt
Seekrieg
Scheepvaart.
Navigation > Méditerranée (mer) > Antiquité.
Transports maritimes > Méditerranée (mer) > Histoire.
Mediterranean Sea > Navigation > History > To 1500.
Mediterranean Region > History, Naval.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Sea.
Mittelmeer
Méditerranée (mer) > Navigation > Antiquité.
Méditerranée (région) > Histoire navale.
History.
Naval history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Down to the sea in ships
  • International trade begins
  • Excavating under water
  • War on the sea
  • Raiders and traders
  • The dawn of Maritime Exploration
  • Westward Ho!
  • The wooden walls
  • The merchants of Athens
  • Beyond the pillars of Hercules
  • The age of Titans
  • Landlubbers to sea lords
  • East meets West
  • New light on ancient ships and shipping
  • The pirates of Cilicia
  • Rome rules the waves
  • All routes lead to Rome
  • An end and a beginning.

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