Aventuriers des mers, VIIe-XVIIe siècle
Subtitle: de Sindbad à Marco Polo : Méditerranée - océan Indien
By: [edité par] Nala Aloudat, Nala Aloudat, Agnès Carayon, Vincent Giovannoni ; avec la collaboration de Anne Joyard
Contributors: Institut du monde arabe (France); Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée à Marseille
Publisher: Hazan; Institut du monde arabe; Mucem
Published: 2016
Language: fre
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9782754109611
Subjects: Seafaring life; Voyages and travels; Trade routes; Exhibitions; History
Description: Official catalog of the exhibition "Aventuriers des mers," at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris from 14 November 2016 to 5 March 2017,  and at the Museum of Civilizations of Europe And the Mediterranean (Mucem) in Marseille from 23 May 2017 to 25 September 2017. From Sindbad the sailor to Marco Polo, then from Ibn Battuta and Vasco de Gama to the East India Companies, extraordinary travel stories told of the wealth of maritime trade between the seas of the Old World. Far from obstructing people and civilizations, the seas and oceans are shared spaces that allow people to meet and interact with others.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Institut du monde arabe, Paris November 15, 2016-February 26, 2017 and at the Mucem, Marseille, June 6-October 9, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-221).