Lingua Franca in the Mediterranean
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: October 14, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780700703098
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Usage guides; BCE to c 500 CE; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Lingua Franca (Mediterranean region); Historical Linguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Region); General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Diplomatics; Lingua Franca (Mediterranean r
First sentence: Extrapolated from mariners' charts and envoys' reports, a 16th century map of the Mediterranean would be heavily inked with the traces of movement.