The unnatural history of the sea:

"Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by 15th century seafarers is almost unimag...

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Main Author: Roberts, Callum M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington Island Press/Shearwater Books 2007
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by 15th century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XVII, 435 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781597265775
1597265772
1597261025
9781597261029

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