Europe and the sea / edited by Dorlis Blume, Christiana Brennecke, Ursula Breymayer and Thomas Eisentraut for the Deutsches Historisches Museum ; authors, Ernst Baltrusch [and eighteen others].
Material type:
TextPublisher: Munich, Germany : Hirmer, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 447 pages : colour illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9783777430164
- 3777430161
- NX650.S4 E97 2018
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 700.42 EUR | Available | T00818744 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Europe is a maritime continent, its history and culture decisively shaped by the exploration and use of the surrounding seas. For Europeans, the sea has long served as a space of rule and trade, bridge and border, resource and desire.
This gorgeous volume examines the importance of the sea for the development of European civilizations, featuring more than four hundred illustrations spanning more than two millennia of European maritime cultural history. Chapters explore thirteen themes, each linked to a port city--moving from myths and the artistic perception of the sea, to the sciences of shipbuilding, seafaring, and oceanography, and from the sea's role in the slave trade, migration, and expansion, to its importance for coastal trade and tourism. Richly illustrated throughout, Europe and the Sea demonstrates that the domination of the seas has been a central component of European power politics for centuries.
An exhibition of the Deutsches Historisches Museum 13 June 2018 to 6 January 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The history and culture of Europe has been decisively shaped by the exploration and use of the seas surrounding Europe. This catalogue book reflects the significance of the sea as a space of rule and trade for Europeans, as bridge and border, as resource and a site of desire. The book also reviews the changing perception of the sea in the arts. Exhibition: Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (13.06.2018-06.01.2019).