The unnatural history of the sea

"Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by 15th century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas."--Jacket.

שנה

2007

שפה

English

הוצאה

Island Press/Shearwater Books

מהדורות

1

עמודים

435

ISBN

9781597261029

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata