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The Maritime History of the Atlantic
How the Atlantic went from a barrier to a highway: Norse landfalls, Columbus-era crossings, the forced migration of the slave trade and the age of the liner.
Seas and Oceans
Oceans and Coasts
Ocean basins and coastlines in maritime history.
The Maritime History of Africa
Africa's seafaring tradition, from Swahili coast dhow trade and Madagascar's Austronesian settlers to West African dugout canoes and river and lake networks.
The Maritime History of China
China's maritime past: Song shipbuilding innovations, the junk, the Ming treasure voyages of Zheng He and the shifting imperial policy on trade and the sea.
The Maritime History of the Arctic
From Inuit kayaks and umiaks to Dutch and British whalers, lost Franklin ships and strongly built polar vessels, a history of boats in Arctic ice.
The Maritime History of the Caribbean
A history of Caribbean seafaring: Taino and Kalinago canoes, Spanish treasure fleets, the sugar economy and the naval contests fought across the islands.
The Maritime History of the Gulf of Mexico
How Spanish explorers, Mississippi river trade, hurricanes, fishing fleets and offshore oil shaped shipping around the Gulf of Mexico from 1500 to today.
The Maritime History of the Indian Ocean
How the seasonal monsoon wind cycle shaped trade between Arabia, India, East Africa and Southeast Asia, and the sailors and ships that used it.
The Maritime History of the Pacific
How Austronesian voyagers settled the Pacific by canoe, navigated by stars and swells, and how European ships later crossed the world's largest ocean.
The Maritime History of the South China Sea
A history of trade between China and Southeast Asia across the South China Sea: monsoon routes, port cities and what shipwreck archaeology has revealed.
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