Mortal Sea - Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

Informationen zum Autor W. Jeffrey Bolster is Associate Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire. Klappentext 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 impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.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 impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

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• Authors: W Jeffrey Bolster, W. J. Bolster, W. Jeffrey Bolster
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2012
• EAN: 9780674047655
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04765-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: The Belknap Press
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology