A historical tome by the leading experts on the subject.
« The Sea, 5,000 Years of History » explores the relationships that human societies have forged with the sea. This work demonstrates how humans have continually sought to claim the sea through travel, trade, fishing, and war, but also how, in return, the sea has nourished imaginations and beliefs, influencing ways of life. It explains how our relationship with this untamable, nurturing, and threatened nature has been structured.
Selected from more than a hundred articles in the magazine L’Histoire, these texts cover all historical periods: from the first Neolithic navigators to the new pirates of the Red Sea, including ancient thalassocracies and the Great Discoveries.
