9780192853547

Facing the Ocean

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780192853547

Paperback|9780192853547


Overview

This work focuses on the western rim of Europe - the Atlantic facade - an area stretching from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Isles of Shetland. We are shown how original and inventive the communities were, and how they maintained their own distinctive identities - often over long spans. From the hunter-gatherers, c8000 BC, to the voyages of discovery c1500 AD, the author uses the latter half of this millennium as a well-studied test case to help the reader better understand what went before. The illustrations show how this picturesque part of Europe has many striking physical similarities. Old hard rocks confront the ocean creating promontories and capes familiar to sailors throughout the millennia.

ISBN-13

9780192853547

ISBN-10

0192853546

Format

Paperback

Pages

600 pages

Publisher

Published On

2002-03-01



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