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Beyond the blue horizon : how the earliest mariners unlocked the secrets of the oceans / Brian Fagan.

Beyond the blue horizon : how the earliest mariners unlocked the secrets of the oceans / Brian Fagan.
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ISBN 9781408833544
9781408825068
1408825066
Author Fagan, Brian M
Title Beyond the blue horizon : how the earliest mariners unlocked the secrets of the oceans / Brian Fagan.
Publisher and/or associated date/s London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Description xx, 313 p. : maps, ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index.
Summary "In [this book] archaeologist and historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. We know the tales of Columbus and Captain Cook, yet much earlier mariners made equally bold and world-changing voyages. From the moment when ancient Polynesians first dared to sail beyond the horizon, Fagan vividly explains how our mastery of the oceans changed the course of human history. ..."--Book jacket.
Subjects Discoveries in geography -- History -- To 1500
Navigation, Prehistoric
Sea Peoples -- History
Ocean travel -- History
Call number 910.9 FAG
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