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  • Heritage and the Sea

    Volume 2: Maritime History and Archaeology of the Global Iberian World (15th–18th centuries)

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization (15th to 18th), in confluence with an unprecedented extension of ocean navigation and seafaring and a greater demand for natural resources (especially timber), mostly oak (Quercus spp.) and Pine (Pinus spp*.*). The chapters are framed in a multidisciplinary and ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Heritage and the Sea

    Volume 1: Maritime History and Archaeology of the Global Iberian World (15th-18th centuries)

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization (15th to 18th), in confluence with an unprecedented extension of ocean navigation and seafaring and a greater demand for natural resources (especially timber), mostly oak (Quercus spp.) and Pine (Pinus spp*.*). The chapters are framed in a multidisciplinary and ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

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