Atlantic: great sea, battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms, and a vast ocean of a million stories

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Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the New York Times bestselling author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores--whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Chri...Vis mer

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Atlantic

Pocket · 2011

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Innbundet · 2011