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History of Maritime Empires. Biblis Collection, 155.
COUTANSAIS Cyrille P.

History of Maritime Empires. Biblis Collection, 155.

CNRS
€10,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 25911
Format 11 x 18
Détails 190 p., illustrated, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2022
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782271142238
Why did England succeed in building a vast colonial and maritime empire, and not China? How did Athens, Rome, and Venice successively take control of the Mediterranean, and why did Byzantium fail to do so? Why were nascent maritime empires, such as those of the Vikings or the Dutch, never able to sustain their domination? From the Phoenicians to the British colonists, from Carthage to Zanzibar, from Philip II of Spain to Napoleon, from the Battle of Lepanto to the Battle of Midway, and all the way to the American naval hyperpower, the life and death of maritime empires are unfolded here in a masterful fresco, with maps to support it.
Why did England succeed in building a vast colonial and maritime empire, and not China? How did Athens, Rome, and Venice successively take control of the Mediterranean, and why did Byzantium fail to do so? Why were nascent maritime empires, such as those of the Vikings or the Dutch, never able to sustain their domination? From the Phoenicians to the British colonists, from Carthage to Zanzibar, from Philip II of Spain to Napoleon, from the Battle of Lepanto to the Battle of Midway, and all the way to the American naval hyperpower, the life and death of maritime empires are unfolded here in a masterful fresco, with maps to support it.