Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy

by Michael S. Reidy

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the British sought to master the physical properties of the oceans; in the second half, they lorded over large portions of the oceans' outer rim. The dominance of Her Majesty's navy was due in no small part to collaboration between the British Admiralty, the maritime community, and the scientific elite. Together, they transformed the vast emptiness of the ocean into an ordered and bounded grid. In the process,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226709329
• ISBN13: 9780226709321
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 8.9"