W. S. Lindsay

History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1874-6, this illustrated four-volume work offers a full and authoritative history of maritime trade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 724
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1004g
• ISBN-13: 9781108057622
• ISBN-10: 1108057624
• Artikelnr.: 37458114

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory
1. Maritime commerce of antiquity
2. Earliest caravan trade
3. Egypt
4. Route via the Cape to India, discovered by the Phoenicians
5. Ancient India
6. Rome
7. Roman empire
8. Constantinople, AD 718-1453
9. Ancient galleys
10. Britain: its maritime position
11. The early Scandinavian Vikings settle on the coast of Scotland and elsewhere
12. Increase of the English fleet, AD 1066
13. Treaties with Spain and the merchants of Portugal
14. Early efforts of France to restore the civilization of Europe, Venice
15. Prohibition to trade with infidels, commercial policy of the Italian republics
16. Spain and Portugal - importance of their commerce in ancient times and its decline during the middle ages
17. The state of the West India islands when discovered
Appendices
Index.