 | - Book Title: The Commanding Sea
- Author: Clare Francis & Warren Tute
- ISBN: 0720713072
- Publisher: B B C & Pelham Books.
- Year Published: 1981
- Our Normal Price: £22.00 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- 10% Discounted Price: £19.80 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- Description: British Broadcasting Corporation and Pelham books, 1981, first edition: blue cloth hardcover with silver lettering to spine: dust jacket: approximately 9 x 11.5 inches tall: 280 pages, including index: black and white and colour illustration. Synopsis: A richly illustrated compilation of articles and personal experiences concerning the sea with contents listed under the following headings: – The Edge of the Unknown. The World Encompassed. Cargoes. Seapower. Harvest. The Last Resourc. Shetland (7 contributions) by Clare Francis. Columbus. Captain Cook. East India Company. War at Sea. Life at Sea. Seapower Today. Oil. Food from the Sea. Ecosystems.( 8 contributions) by Warren Tute. Marine Technology in the 15th Century. China and the Sea. Modern Cargoes. (3 contributions) by Basil Greenhill. Tides and Currents by Annie Hood. Myth and Legend by Francis Huxley. Seafaring in the Ancient Mediterranean by John Morrison. Water transport before 1400 by Sean McGrail. Inhabitants of the Pacific by Debbora Jones. Trade and the Trading Ship by Alan McGowan. The Institutions of the Sea by Alan Pearsall Development of the Warship by David Lyon. Oceanography by Margaret Deacon. Antarctica by, Anne Savours. Life in The Deep Sea by Peter J Herring. Fish Farming by Peter Hjul. Energy by David Ross. Condition: Price Corner intact: very clean, firm and good overall Six voyages of discovery 280 pages
- Condition: See Above
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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