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The Discovery of the Sea: An Illustrated History of Men, Ships and the Sea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries by PARRY, J. H - 1974

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The Discovery of the Sea: An Illustrated History of Men, Ships and the Sea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries by PARRY, J. H - 1974

The Discovery of the Sea: An Illustrated History of Men, Ships and the Sea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

by PARRY, J. H

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New York: The Dial Press, 1974. Cloth. Very good +/Very good. 302 p. 26 x 29 cm. 85 engravings, drawings and photographs in two colours. Beige cloth with gold print. Mylar-covered dustjacket. Some tears and creases to jacket edges. Front flap price-clipped. A little dust on lower edges of text block.

Covers the European discovery of Africa, India, the New World, etc. and the technical problems and solutions of crossing the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Indexed.
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  • ISBN 10 080372019X
  • ISBN 13 9780803720190
  • Publisher The Dial Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1974
  • Keywords Exploration, Age of Discovery, New World, Sailing, Ships, Trade

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"Knowledge of continuous sea passages from ocean to ocean round the world... was the outcome of the century or so of European maritime questing... What were the motives which drove seamen out from fifteenth-century Europe upon a career of worldwide discovery?" xv, 302 pages, illustrations, index; oblong quarto, 26 cm. Bound by Tapley-Rutter in tan binder's cloth, color pictorial dust jacket torn, worn; Very Good. Stock#ofc0535.
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