Edited by Daniel FIinamore
From Baird Maritime:
Your reviewer once saw a Latin inscription on a building in France. It read: "Ex Mare Omnia". That, roughly translated, says "Everything comes from the sea".
Having been inscribed roughly two thousand years ago, it reminded him that despite the ceaseless flow of history, nothing much really changes.
This excellent book of essays on maritime history strongly reinforces that line of thought. As the book's foreword states: "Interaction with the sea is, after all, a fundamental factor of the human experience".
The essays were presented at a conference on maritime history that was hosted by the Peabody Essex Museum in the United States. They cover a lot of ocean but, as the editor points out, they "collectively illustrate that the ship has been the primary enabler of much of world history".
That is a point that few readers of this review would disagree with. It makes a very good reason to obtain, study and enjoy this excellent overview of maritime history.
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