
The Boundless Sea
A Human History of the Oceans
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Narrated by:
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Nigel Patterson
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By:
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David Abulafia
From the author of the acclaimed The Great Sea, David Abulafia's new book guides listeners along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The main protagonists are the three major oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian - which together comprise the majority of the earth's water and cover over half of its surface. These waterways carried goods, plants, livestock, and, of course people - free and enslaved - across vast expanses, transforming and ultimately linking irrevocably the economies and cultures of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Far more than merely another history of exploration, The Boundless Sea tells how maritime networks gradually formed a continuum of interaction and interconnection. Working chronologically, Abulafia moves from the earliest forays of peoples taking hand-hewn canoes into uncharted waters, to the routes taken daily by supertankers in the thousands. History on the grandest scale and scope, crafted with passion and precision, this is a project few could have undertaken. Abulafia, whom The Atlantic calls "superb writer with a gift for lucid compression and an eye for the telling detail", proves again why he ranks as one of the world's greatest storytellers.
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An undeniable wealth of history…
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The author made maritime trade history seem interesting, which it is.
Maritime trade around the world
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The narrator Nigel Patterson is excellent. Thank you so much for the many hours of entertainment.
JK
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A lot of history that gets missed.
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Oh, but there are facts, though.
Lots and lots and lots of facts. Tons and tons and tons of dry, boring, meaningless facts.Told one after the other. They don't connect to anything, and there is no overarching theme or story to speak of. It's impossible to care about anything in this book. It will steal your soul and leave you questioning every decision you've ever made - especially buying this book.
Like Reading a Dictionary.
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