A World History of the Seas: From Harbour to Horizon
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Bridging the Sea -- The beginnings: Phoenicians and Greeks -- Thalassocracies: Athens, Alexandria, Carthage and Rome -- Wheat, wine and precious stones -- Handbooks and travel accounts -- Disintegration or reintegration? -- Part II North Sea, Baltic Sea and Black Sea: The Vikings -- Trade routes -- Swords, jewellery and runestones -- Part III Red Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea: The Maritime Silk Road -- The preconditions: Winds, ships and navigation -- Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo: Merchants and ports -- The Maritime Silk Road -- Part IV Mediterranean: The Rise of the Maritime Republics -- The rise of the Maritime Republics -- The new trading power in the Levant -- The galley: A safe but costly mode of transport -- Emporia and networks -- Pirates: Robbery and ransom -- Part V Metropoles on the North and Baltic Seas -- The Hanseatic League: A powerful confederation of trading cities -- North Sea metropolises: Bruges, Antwerp and Amsterdam -- The Dutch are the 'Carryers of the World' -- Farmers, cloth-makers, entrepreneurs and artists: The Netherlandization of the Baltic region -- Part VI Indian Ocean: Europe meets Asia -- Conflict and cooperation -- Silver for cotton fabrics -- Merchant dynasties -- Life at sea -- Europe meets Asia -- Part VII Atlantic: Expanding horizons and exchanges -- Crossing the Atlantic Ocean -- The rivalry between the Spanish and the Portuguese -- Sugar, slaves and furs: The Dutch, English and French -- Black Atlantic -- Indigenous Atlantic -- Seamen, buccaneers and pastors -- Perceptions of the Atlantic -- Part VIII Pacific: Exploration and Encounter -- Encounter -- Sandalwood, sea cucumbers and sea otters -- Between Canton and California -- Missionaries and scientists.
