Great Mysteries of the Oceans. The Mediterranean Sea. The Polar Seas. The Filibuster Sea
19.99 €
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Great Mysteries of the Oceans. The Mediterranean Sea. The Polar Seas. The Filibuster Sea
19.99 €
The story of the exploration and development of the vast expanses of the world's oceans is a story of courage, enterprise and perseverance. In the center of the large-scale plot of the popular French writer Georges Blon - Man and the Sea in their diverse, complex, almost mystical relationship. All great seafarers were in a sense prisoners of the sea, which forever conquered their hearts: no matter how terrible hardships would turn out to be a sea voyage, they every time again rushed towards the formidable element, towards new dangers and discoveries. Columbus, Magellan, Heyerdahl - all of them, like the ancient Vikings or Phoenicians before them, were obsessed with the sea, the dream of new sea routes and unknown lands. On the great conquerors of the world's oceans and tells the sea epic Georges Blon. This edition includes fascinating stories about the history of human exploration of the Mediterranean Sea and polar seas, as well as from the history of piracy. The book is illustrated with reproductions of paintings, engravings, maps, photographs - historical images, in one way or another related to the exciting stories of Georges Blon, and is also provided with extensive reference material, including maps, dictionaries of names, nautical terms and names of ships and aircraft.
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