Ancient Navigation Routes. Itineraries in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Wandering| N° d'inventaire | 8759 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 268 p., B/W ill., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, Re-edited 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782877726474 |
The Mediterranean was the common thread of ancient civilization. Products, people, ideas, economic, social, and political models passed through it. But the sea is not a simple environment. It changes with the seasons, with the vagaries of the climate, and with human knowledge, which alternately makes it repulsive or attractive, makes it an auxiliary or an enemy, an open door or a barrier. The routes, which are neither traced nor marked, are the product of a complex alchemy that blends natural conditions, technology, empirical knowledge, and commercial rules. Determining the precise routes taken by navigators, their seasonal variations, and the times required for their journeys are the fruit of historical geography. These rhythms of trade, which formed the fabric of the ancient Mediterranean economy, founded the representation of the world of the Ancients. A journey through the space-time of ancient navigation provides the measurements of the sea transmitted to ancient geographers by the experience of sailors.
The Mediterranean was the common thread of ancient civilization. Products, people, ideas, economic, social, and political models passed through it. But the sea is not a simple environment. It changes with the seasons, with the vagaries of the climate, and with human knowledge, which alternately makes it repulsive or attractive, makes it an auxiliary or an enemy, an open door or a barrier. The routes, which are neither traced nor marked, are the product of a complex alchemy that blends natural conditions, technology, empirical knowledge, and commercial rules. Determining the precise routes taken by navigators, their seasonal variations, and the times required for their journeys are the fruit of historical geography. These rhythms of trade, which formed the fabric of the ancient Mediterranean economy, founded the representation of the world of the Ancients. A journey through the space-time of ancient navigation provides the measurements of the sea transmitted to ancient geographers by the experience of sailors.