Opening The Oceans
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Long before satellites and GPS, brave navigators charted the world's vast, unforgiving oceans armed with nothing but ingenuity, courage, and crude instruments — and Opening The Oceans chronicles their extraordinary legacy. Olaf Ruhen presents a sweeping narrative of maritime exploration, tracing the pioneering voyages that unlocked the secrets of the world's great sea lanes, mapping coastlines, and forging trade routes that would reshape civilisation itself. Ruhen, a celebrated Australian author renowned for his vivid, immersive storytelling, brings a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's flair for drama to this grand historical canvas. Anchored in meticulous research, the work illuminates the interplay of ambition, science, and seamanship that drove the Age of Exploration, arguing that the conquest of the oceans was the defining achievement of the modern era. For those drawn to tales of human endeavour against the most elemental of forces, this volume presents an irresistible voyage through history — one that raises the tantalising question of just how much of our world was truly shaped by those who dared to sail beyond the horizon.
Author: Olaf Ruhen
Format: Hardback
Genre: Maritime history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Long before satellites and GPS, brave navigators charted the world's vast, unforgiving oceans armed with nothing but ingenuity, courage, and crude instruments — and Opening The Oceans chronicles their extraordinary legacy. Olaf Ruhen presents a sweeping narrative of maritime exploration, tracing the pioneering voyages that unlocked the secrets of the world's great sea lanes, mapping coastlines, and forging trade routes that would reshape civilisation itself. Ruhen, a celebrated Australian author renowned for his vivid, immersive storytelling, brings a journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's flair for drama to this grand historical canvas. Anchored in meticulous research, the work illuminates the interplay of ambition, science, and seamanship that drove the Age of Exploration, arguing that the conquest of the oceans was the defining achievement of the modern era. For those drawn to tales of human endeavour against the most elemental of forces, this volume presents an irresistible voyage through history — one that raises the tantalising question of just how much of our world was truly shaped by those who dared to sail beyond the horizon.