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Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titantic Storms and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

bySimon Winchester

Atlantic is Simon Winchester's historical account of great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titantic Storms and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of history and transportation. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

William Morrow

Publication date

2010

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780061702624