Title: Maritime Entdeckung und Expansion : Kontinuitäten, Parallelen und Brüche von der Antike bis in die Neuzeit /
Authors: Schulz, Raimund; Universität Bielefeld.
Year: 2019
Subjects: Naval history Congresses.; Navigation History Congresses.; Sea-power Congresses; Explorers History Congresses.; Voyages and travels Congresses.
Abstract: "The exploration of new sea routes and distant coasts shaped the history of Eurasia since antiquity. Long before Columbus, captains, merchants, and conquerors combined the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean into a vibrant network. For the first time, the volume explores epoch-wide the preconditions, processes and consequences of the departure across the oceans for politics, economics and cultural development"--