History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce 4 Volume Set History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce
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History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce 4 Volume Set History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce
Lindsay, W. S.
Cambridge University Press
02/2013
724
Mole
Inglês
9781108057622
15 a 20 dias
The shipowner and politician William Schaw Lindsay (1816-77) combined a wealth of personal experience and practical knowledge with a meticulous approach to research. Originally published in four illustrated volumes in 1874-6, this is a full and authoritative history of the world of ships and maritime trade.
Introductory; 1. Maritime commerce of antiquity; 2. Earliest caravan trade; 3. Egypt; 4. Route via the Cape to India, discovered by the Phoenicians; 5. Ancient India; 6. Rome; 7. Roman empire; 8. Constantinople, AD 718-1453; 9. Ancient galleys; 10. Britain: its maritime position; 11. The early Scandinavian Vikings settle on the coast of Scotland and elsewhere; 12. Increase of the English fleet, AD 1066; 13. Treaties with Spain and the merchants of Portugal; 14. Early efforts of France to restore the civilization of Europe, Venice; 15. Prohibition to trade with infidels, commercial policy of the Italian republics; 16. Spain and Portugal - importance of their commerce in ancient times and its decline during the middle ages; 17. The state of the West India islands when discovered; Appendices; Index.
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The shipowner and politician William Schaw Lindsay (1816-77) combined a wealth of personal experience and practical knowledge with a meticulous approach to research. Originally published in four illustrated volumes in 1874-6, this is a full and authoritative history of the world of ships and maritime trade.
Introductory; 1. Maritime commerce of antiquity; 2. Earliest caravan trade; 3. Egypt; 4. Route via the Cape to India, discovered by the Phoenicians; 5. Ancient India; 6. Rome; 7. Roman empire; 8. Constantinople, AD 718-1453; 9. Ancient galleys; 10. Britain: its maritime position; 11. The early Scandinavian Vikings settle on the coast of Scotland and elsewhere; 12. Increase of the English fleet, AD 1066; 13. Treaties with Spain and the merchants of Portugal; 14. Early efforts of France to restore the civilization of Europe, Venice; 15. Prohibition to trade with infidels, commercial policy of the Italian republics; 16. Spain and Portugal - importance of their commerce in ancient times and its decline during the middle ages; 17. The state of the West India islands when discovered; Appendices; Index.
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