Maritimea: Above and Beneath the Waves: The Illustrated Guide to the Maritime World

Τίτλος: Maritimea: Above and Beneath the Waves: The Illustrated Guide to the Maritime World 
Συγγραφέας: ​Charles F. Gritzner 

Σελίδες: 512 / 600 color images, illustrations and maps / Paperback
Θεματική Κατηγορία: Oceans and Seas / Maritimea
Γλώσσα: English

• As the author Charles F. Gritzner once wrote, "How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is planet Ocean."

INTRODUCTION / HOW THE OCEANS AND SEAS WERE FORMED / THE DYNAMIC OCEAN / UNIQUE MARINE ENVIRONMENTS / THE OCEAN FLOOR / MARINE LIFE / EXPLORING THE OCEANS / BATTLES ON THE WATER / THE TREACHEROUS SEA / THE HISTORY OF TRADE ON THE OCEAN / MODERN ECONOMY OF THE OCEAN / THE OCEANS TODAY / GALLERY / MAJOR OCEANS AND SEAS / MAJOR GULFS AND BAYS / MARINE MAMMAL CLASSIFICATIONS / ABOVE AND BENEATH THE WAVES / GLOSSARY / INDEX / CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special features, covering topics from boat building through the ages, navigational advances, piracy on the high seas, to the hottest topical issues like whales and whaling and the territorial disputes over underwater resources, make this book a completely comprehensive reference to the maritime world.