The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade [2 volumes]

by Stephen K. Stein (Editor)

Overview

This two-volume set documents the essential role of the sea and maritime activity across history, from travel and food production to commerce and conquest.

In all eras, water transport has served as the cheapest and most efficient means of moving cargo and people over any significant distance. Only relatively recently have railroads and aircraft provided an alternative. Most of the world's bulk goods continue to travel primarily by ship over water. Even today, 95 percent of the cargo that enters and leaves the United States does so by ship. Similarly, people around the world rely on the sea for food, and in recent years, the sea has become an important source of oil and other resources, with the longterm effects of our continuing efforts to extract resources from the sea further highlighting environmental concerns that range from pollution to the exhaustion of fish stocks.

This chronologically organized two-volume reference addresses the history of the sea, beginning with ancient civilizations (4000 to 1000 BCE) and ending with the modern era (1945 to the present day). Each of the eight chapters is further broken down into sections that focus on specific nations or regions, offering detailed descriptions of that area of the world and shorter entries on specific topics, individuals, and events.

The book spans maritime history, covering major seafaring peoples and nations; famous explorers, travelers, and commanders; events, battles, and wars; key technologies, including famous ships; important processes and ongoing events, such as piracy and the slave trade; and more. Readers will benefit from dozens of primary source documents—ranging from ancient Egyptian tales of seafaring to texts by renowned travelers like Marco Polo, Zheng He, and Ibn Battuta—that provide firsthand accounts from the age of discovery as well as accounts of battle from World War I and II and more modern accounts of the sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798216142713
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	960
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Stephen K. Stein is a specialist in naval history and the history of technology who has written on topics ranging from ancient battles to aviation to the iPod.
Stephen K. Stein is a specialist in naval history and the history of technology who has written on topics ranging from ancient battles to aviation to the iPod.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

VOLUME 1. ANCIENT EGYPT THROUGH THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE

Chapter 1: Early Civilizations, 4000 bce to 1000 bce
Introduction
Chronology
Egypt
Delta, Battle of
The Khufu Vessels
Punt, Expeditions to
Sea Peoples
The Uluburun Shipwreck
The Aegean Sea
Homer
Knossos
Mesopotamia
Dilmun
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Primary Documents
Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI, ca. 2100 bce
"The Shipwrecked Sailor," ca. 2000–1650 bce
"Great Inscription of Year 8" and "Inscription Accompanying the Naval Battle," from Ramesses III's Mortuary Temple at Medinet Habu, ca. 1175 bce
The Report of Wenamun, ca. 1189–1077 bce
Homer, Odyssey, ca. 750–650 bce

Chapter 2: The Ancient World, 1000 bce to 300 ce
Introduction
Chronology
China
Egypt
Alexandria
Eudoxus of Cyzicus
Ptolemy, Claudius
Greece
Herodotus
Piraeus
Pytheas of Massalia
Salamis, Battle of
Syracusia
Themistocles
Trireme
India
Phoenicia and Carthage
Hanno the Navigator
Rome
Actium, Battle of
Piracy in the Mediterranean
Punic Wars
Primary Documents
Voyage of Hanno, ca. 600–400 bce
Herodotus on Pharaoh Necho II, ca. 484–425 bce
Julius Caesar Battles the Veneti, ca. 100–44 bce
Excerpt from the Pattinapalai, ca. 100 bce–100 ce
Strabo on Pytheas of Massalia, ca. 64 bce–24 ce
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, ca. 60 ce

Chapter 3: Exchange and Encounter, 300 ce to 1000 ce
Introduction
Chronology
China and East Asia
Imperial Tribute in the Sui and Tang Eras
Buddhist Pilgrimage from China
The Tang Dynasty Maritime Ceramic Route
Seaborne Merchants of Silla
Fa Xian
Grand Canal
India
Shipbuilding and Navigation
Buddhism Influence on Trade and Travel
Islamic Commercial Dominance
The Chola Empire
Pilgrimage, Buddhist
Islamic World
Indian Ocean (Bahr al-Hind)
The Mediterranean Sea (Bahr al-Rum, or Bahr al-Sham)
Christian Egyptians and the Umayyad Fleet
Dhow
Masts, The Battle of the
Sinbad the Sailor
Northern Europe
Trade and Exchange
Military and Naval Travel
Mission and Pilgrimage
Eriksson, Leif
L'Anse aux Meadows
Viking Longship
Vikings
Romans and Byzantium
Trade and Exchange
Military and Naval Travel
Mission and Pilgrimage
Constantinople
Dromon
Rhodian Sea Law
T-O Maps
Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and the Pacific
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Srivijaya
Tattooing
Voyaging Canoes
Primary Documents
The Travels of Fa Xian, 337 to ca. 422 ce
The Voyage of St. Brendan, ca. 484–577 ce
The Book of the Marvels of India, 900–953 ce
The Tosa Diary, 936 ce
The Long Serpent, 1000 ce

Chapter 4: Global Interactions, 1000 ce to 1500 ce
Introduction
Chronology
The Americas before 1500 ce
Thule Inuit
China and East Asia
Junk
Mongol Invasions of Japan
Zheng He
Europe
Benjamin of Tudela
Cog
Cresques, Abraham
Crusades
Hanseatic League
Normans
Pilgrimage, Christian
Polo, Marco
Piracy in Europe
Venice Arsenal
India and Southeast Asia
Banda Islands
Ben Yiju, Abraham
Islamic World
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Ibn Battuta
Ibn Jubayr
Ibn Majid, Ahmad
Pilgrimage, Muslim (Hajj)
Slave Trade
Primary Documents
Letter from a Medieval Jewish Trader, ca. 950–1250 ce
"A Viking Raid," 1060 ce
Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, 1299 ce
Ibn Battuta's Journey, 1354 ce
Zheng He's Voyages, 1405–1411 ce

Chapter 5: The First Global Age, 1450 ce to 1770 ce
Introduction
Chronology
Africa
Mozambique Island
Slave Trade
The Americas
Spanish America
Portuguese Brazil
The English in North America and the Caribbean
The French
The Dutch
Hakluyt, Richard
Manila Galleons
Mayflower
Piracy in the Americas
Salem, Massachusetts
Smuggling
Teixeira, Pedro de
China and East Asia
Piracy in East Asia
England
Cabot, John
Defoe, Daniel
Drake, Sir Francis
East India Company
Halley, Edmond
Harrison, John
Mary Rose
Navigation Acts
Raleigh, Sir Walter
France
Cartier, Jacques
Champlain, Samuel de
French East India Company
Verrazano, Giovanni de
India and Southeast Asia
Goa
Malacca (Melaka)
Orang Laut
Japan
Late Medieval
Warring Period and Early Unification
Early Tokugawa Period
Imjin War
Nagasaki
The Netherlands
Origins and Revolt
Establishing the Dutch Republic
From Golden Age to Disaster
War and Decline
Anglo-Dutch Wars
Dutch East India Company
Fluyt
Grotius, Hugo
Tasman, Abel Janszoon
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Ottoman Empire
Galley
Lepanto, Battle of
Mahri, Sulaiman al
Pasha, Hayreddin (Barbarossa)
Reis, Piri
Portugal
Albuquerque, Alfonso de
Cabral, Pedro Álvares
Caravel
Dias, Bartolomeu
Estado da Índia
Gama, Vasco da
Henry the Navigator
Nau
Nuñes, Pedro
Russia
Sixteenth Century: Muscovy Looks Outward
Seventeenth Century: Drive and Consolidation
Eighteenth Century: The Russian Empire Flourishes
Bering, Vitus
Dezhnev, Semyon Ivanov
Muscovy Company
Peter the Great
Spain
Columbian Exchange
Columbus, Christopher
Magellan, Ferdinand
Ponce de León, Juan
Spanish Armada
Treaty of Tordesillas
Zacuto, Abraham ben
Primary Documents
First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, ca. 1460–1524 ce
The Treaty of Tordesillas, June 7, 1494 ce
Magellan's Round-the-World Voyage, ca. 1491–1535 ce
Suma Oriental of Tome Pires, ca. 1516 ce
Gottlieb Mittelberger's Journey to Pennsylvania, 1754 ce
Olaudah Equiano Describes a Slave Ship, 1789 ce

VOLUME 2. A WORLD OF REVOLUTIONS THROUGH THE PRESENT
Contents

Chapter 6: A World of Revolutions, 1750 ce to 1900 ce
Introduction
Chronology
Africa
African Sailors on European and American Ships
Barbary Pirates
Slave Trade
Suez Canal
Zanzibar
The Arctic and Antarctic
Amundsen, Roald
Franklin, John
Nansen, Fridtjof
Peary, Robert
Ross, James Clark
Science at the Poles
Shackleton, Ernest
Whaling
China
Hong Kong
Open Door Policy
Opium Wars
France
Bougainville, Antoine de
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sebastian-Cesar
Jeune Ecole ("Young School")
La Pérouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de
Sané, Jacques-Noël
Suffren de Saint Tropez, Pierre
Surcouf, Robert
Verne, Jules
Great Britain
The Bounty Mutiny
Challenger Expedition
Conrad, Joseph
Cook, James
Corbett, Julian Stafford
Darwin, Charles
Lloyd's of London
Marryat, Frederick
Nelson, Horatio
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Smith, Adam
Trafalgar, Battle of
Whitehead, Robert
Yachting and Pleasure Sailing
Japan
Hokusai, Katsushika
Latin America and the Caribbean
Panama Canal
The Netherlands
The Navy
Shipping
Dutch Imperial Decline and Reconfiguration
Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij
Tanjung Priok
Russia
War and Decline
Krusenstern, Adam Johann von
Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik
Potemkin Mutiny
Russian-American Company
United States
Commerce in U.S. History
Military in U.S. History
Labor in U.S. History
America's Cup
Amistad Mutiny
Clipper Ship
Cunard, Samuel
Ericsson, John
Fulton, Robert
Hawai'i
Mahan, Alfred Thayer
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
Melville, Herman
Monroe Doctrine
New Orleans
Perry, Matthew Calbraith
The Turtle Submarine
Primary Documents
Treaty of Nanking, 1842 ce
Moby-Dick and the Call of the Sea, 1851 ce
Treaty of Kanagawa, 1854 ce
The Slaver Clara Windsor, 1861 ce
Around the World in the Sunbeam, 1883 ce
Flogging Aboard Ship, 1840 ce

Chapter 7: Crisis and Achievement, 1900 ce to 1945 ce
Introduction
Chronology
France
Germany
Anschütz-Kaempf, Hermann
Hamburg America Line
Tirpitz, Alfred von
U-Boat
Great Britain
Supremacy Challenged But Unsurpassed
The First World War
The Interwar Years
The End of Supremacy
Dreadnought
Forester, C. S.
Jutland, Battle of
Thornycroft, John
Titanic
Wilkinson, Norman
Japan
Kinai Maru
Kobe
Mikasa
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Pearl Harbor Attack
Togo, Heihachiro
Tsushima, Battle of
Netherlands
Holland America Line
Java-China-Japan Line
Scheepvaarthuis
United States
Black Star Line
Holland, John
Kaiser, Henry J.
Midway, Battle of
Slocum, Joshua
Washington Naval Conference
Primary Documents
Sailing Alone, 1900 ce
Promoting the Black Star Line, 1919 ce
U-Boat Attack by U-123, 1942 ce
Sinking of USS Indianapolis, 1945 ce

Chapter 8: After World War II, 1945 ce to Present
Introduction
Chronology
Africa
African Maritime Labor and Unionization Trends
Marginalization of African Seafarers from Commercial Shipping
Liberian Registry
Maersk Alabama Hijacking
Piracy in Africa
Australia
Fishing Industry
Shipping
Ports and Maritime Workers
Naval History
Museums, Maritime Archaeology, and Community Organizations
America's Cup
Villiers, Alan
The Central Pacific (Micronesia)
China
Orient Overseas Container Line
Pao Yue-kong
Europe
Passenger and Cruise Business
Tankers and Container Ships737Fishing and the Environment
Costa Concordia
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
Heyerdahl, Thor
Nedlloyd
Onassis, Aristotle
Otto Hahn
Rotterdam
Royal Caribbean
Great Britain
Leisure
Commercial
Military—The Royal Navy
Chichester, Francis
O'Brian, Patrick
India
Development of the Indian Navy
Ocean Exploration
Fighting Piracy and International Terrorism
Shipping Industry
Humanitarian Operations
Inland Waterways
Ports and Fisheries
Japan
Latin America and the Caribbean
Travel and Leisure
Navies
Falklands (Malvinas) War
Middle East
Military Conflict
Shipping and Fishing
Leisure
Achille Lauro Hijacking
Aliyah Bet
Israel
Tanker War
Southeast Asia
Boat People
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Nuclear Bomb Testing in the Pacific
Piracy in Southeast Asia
Singapore
United States
Armed Forces
Commercial Shipping
Leisure
Environmental Concerns
Aircraft Carrier
Carson, Rachel
Exxon Valdez
Hokule'a
The Love Boat
Ludwig, Daniel K.
McLean, Malcom
Rickover, Hyman
Surfing
Primary Documents
Jacques-Yves Cousteau on Ocean Environmental Destruction, Testimony to the U.S. Senate, 1971 ce
The Experience of Vietnamese Boat People, 1975 ce; Interview with Ung Canh Bui, 2012 ce
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 ce
Environmental Impact of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Testimony Before the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 1993 ce

Annotated Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index