The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Our rough guess is there are 262,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 17 hours and 30 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 35 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Word Count
262,500 words, Guess
Page Count
1,050 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780199934980
- ISBN-100199934983
- Library of Congress Control Number2019015276
- OCLC Control Number1086556533
- Better World Books9780199934980
and 2 more
- Better World BooksP8-DEH-116
- Open LibraryOL27906479M
Classifications
- LCCCB465 .A28 2019
Description
"David Abulafia's new book guides readers along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The main protagonists are the three major oceans-the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian-which together comprise the majority of the earth's water and cover over half of its surface. Over time, as passage through them gradually extended and expanded, linking first islands and then continents, maritime networks developed, evolving from local exploration to lines of regional communication and commerce and eventually to major arteries. These waterways carried goods, plants, livestock, and of course people-free and enslaved-across vast expanses, transforming and ultimately linking irrevocably the economies and cultures of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas"--
Subjects
Other Editions
- The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!