Global Ocean of Knowledge, 1660-1860: Globalization and Maritime Knowledge in the Atlantic World

by Karel Davids

Book Overview

This book looks to fill the 'blue hole' in Global History by studying the role of the oceans themselves in the creation, development, reproduction and adaptation of knowledge across the Atlantic world. It shows how globalisation and the growth of maritime knowledge served to reinforce one another, and demonstrates how and why maritime history should be put firmly at the heart of global history.

Exploring the dynamics of globalisation, knowledge-making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350240435
• ISBN13: 9781350240438
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"