The Baltic and the North Seas

List of contents

Introduction; 1: The Seas Discovered; 2: The Seas Repulsed; 3: The Seas Imagined; 4: Voyaging; 5: Boats and Ships; 6: Seafaring and Power; 7: Trade and Traders; 8: Fishing; 9: Mariners; 10: Sailors and the Sea; 11: Maritime Women; 12: The Seas Threatened

About the author

Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen, David Kirby

Summary

This book reveals how human perception of the northern seas has changed over time by exploring the themes of human relationships and the marine environment.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Scammell, Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen, Hinkkanen Merja-Liisa, David Kirby, Kirby David
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Scammell (Series Ed) (Foreword), Geoffrey Scammell (Foreword), David Kirby (Foreword), Geoffrey Scammell (Foreword)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2000
• EAN: 9780415132824
• ISBN: 978-0-415-13282-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 620 g
• Series: Seas in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history, Human Geography, Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas