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W. Jeffrey Bolster
Mortal Sea [EPUB ebook]
Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

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Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

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Format EPUB ● Seiten 416 ● ISBN 9780674067219 ● Verlag Harvard University Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2014 ● herunterladbar 6 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 2599831 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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