World Atlas of the Oceans
Subtitle: More than 300 Maps and Charts of the Ocean Floor
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: October 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781552095850
Subjects: Oceanography; Science; Nature/Ecology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Nature; Reference; Oceans & Seas; Ocean; Nature / Oceans & Seas; Ocean bottom - Maps; Oceans - Maps; Charts, diagrams, etc; Atlases - General; Bathymetric maps; Maps
First sentence: Although the Earth is dominated by seas and oceans, a thorough exploration of our waters did not begin until four centuries after the discovery of new maritime routes and the New World.