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Author:

Lavery, Brian, author.

Title:

The conquest of the ocean : the illustrated history of seafaring / Brian Lavery.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Ocean travel--History.
Seafaring life--History.
Naval architecture--History.
Discoveries in geography.
Explorers.
Trade routes--History.
Naval history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-391) and index.

Summary:

Spans five thousand years of the ocean's history to tell the stories of the courageous individuals who sailed the seas for trade, to conquer new lands, and to explore the unknown, from the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British.

ISBN:

146540841X
9781465408419

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)