A history of mankind's seaborne voyages from the Phoenicians and Chinese to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts. This book opens with the basic questions and challenges of navigation; and unravels the development of science and seafaring from the ancient times to the Mediterranean era.This is a large format, meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated and fully international history of mankind's seaborne voyages from the Phoenicians and Chinese to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts.
The history of seafaring
2007
374 S. , 35cm
Buch
Englisch
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