The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography

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The Sea The Bard Graduate Center Cultural Histories of the Material World The Bard Graduate Center Cultural Histories of the Material World is a series centered on the exploration of the material turn in the study of culture. Volumes in the series examine the ways human beings have shaped and interpreted the material world from a broad range of scholarly perspectives and show how attention to materiality can contribute to a more precise historical understanding of specific times, places, ways, and means. Peter N. Miller, Series Editor Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500–1800 Peter N. Miller and François Louis, Editors The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography Peter N. Miller, Editor The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography Peter N. Miller, Editor The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2013 All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2016 2015 2014 2013 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The sea : thalassography and historiography / edited by Peter N. Miller. pages cm. — (The Bard Graduate Center cultural histories of the material world) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-472-11867-0 (cloth : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-0-47202901 -3 (e-book) 1. Oceanography—History. 2. Seas—History. 3. Seas— Historiography. 4. Seas—Social aspects—History. 5. Ocean and civilization—History. 6. World history. 7. Material culture—History. I. Miller, Peter N., 1964– GC29.S43 2013 551.46--dc23 2012047391 For Istvan Das Meer flutet immer Das Land behält es nimmer —Goethe, West-Östlich Divan ...