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Author | : Conquering the Seas |
Publisher | : StoryBuddiesPlay |
Total Pages | : 67 |
Release | : 2024-07-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Conquering the Seas. Unravel the fascinating history of the Chola Dynasty and its mighty navy! Explore the rise of a maritime empire, from humble beginnings to conquering the Indian Ocean. Witness innovative shipbuilding techniques, strategic use of trade and alliances, and daring voyages of exploration. Learn how the Cholas transformed the region's cultural landscape and left a lasting legacy that continues to inspire. Dive deep into epic battles, legendary figures, and the eventual decline of the empire. This comprehensive exploration of the Chola Armada is a must-read for anyone interested in naval history, Asian empires, and the enduring power of human ambition. 10 SEO Keywords, Comma Separated Chola Dynasty, Chola Armada, Indian Ocean, Maritime Empire, Naval History, Trade Routes, Shipbuilding, Exploration, Cultural Impact, Legacy
Author | : Sir Barry Cunliffe |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 2017-09-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191075345 |
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For humans the sea is, and always has been, an alien environment. Ever moving and ever changing in mood, it is a place without time, in contrast to the land which is fixed and scarred by human activity giving it a visible history. While the land is familiar, even reassuring, the sea is unknown and threatening. By taking to the sea humans put themselves at its mercy. It has often been perceived to be an alien power teasing and cajoling. The sea may give but it takes. Why, then, did humans become seafarers? Part of the answer is that we are conditioned by our genetics to be acquisitive animals: we like to acquire rare materials and we are eager for esoteric knowledge, and society rewards us well for both. Looking out to sea most will be curious as to what is out there - a mysterious island perhaps but what lies beyond? Our innate inquisitiveness drives us to explore. Barry Cunliffe looks at the development of seafaring on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, two contrasting seas -- the Mediterranean without a significant tide, enclosed and soon to become familiar, the Atlantic with its frightening tidal ranges, an ocean without end. We begin with the Middle Palaeolithic hunter gatherers in the eastern Mediterranean building simple vessels to make their remarkable crossing to Crete and we end in the early years of the sixteenth century with sailors from Spain, Portugal and England establishing the limits of the ocean from Labrador to Patagonia. The message is that the contest between humans and the sea has been a driving force, perhaps the driving force, in human history.
Author | : William Blaine Luard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1935 |
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Author | : L. Luard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1935 |
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Author | : Brian Lavery |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2013-08-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1465413871 |
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A captivating tale spanning 5,000 years of the oceans' history, The Conquest of the Ocean tells the stories of the remarkable individuals who sailed seas, for trade, to conquer new lands, to explore the unknown. From the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British, these are awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages involving great feats of seamanship, navigation, endurance, and ingenuity. Explore the lives and maritime adventures, many with first-person narratives of land seekers and globe charters such as Christopher Columbus, Captain James Cook, and Vitus Bering.
Author | : RICHARD. HINGLEY |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190937416 |
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This book provides an authoritative new narrative of the Roman conquest of Britain, from the two campaigns of Julius Caesar up until the construction of Hadrian's Wall. It highlights the motivations of Roman commanders and British resistance fighters during a key period of Britain's history.
Author | : L. LUARD (pseud.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1935 |
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Author | : Roger Crowley |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2012-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0679644261 |
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“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—The Financial Times The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic story that stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. City of Fortune traces the full arc of the Venetian imperial saga, from the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, which culminates in the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, to the Ottoman-Venetian War of 1499–1503, which sees the Ottoman Turks supplant the Venetians as the preeminent naval power in the Mediterranean. In between are three centuries of Venetian maritime dominance, during which a tiny city of “lagoon dwellers” grow into the richest place on earth. Drawing on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers, Crowley paints a vivid picture of this avaricious, enterprising people and the bountiful lands that came under their dominion. From the opening of the spice routes to the clash between Christianity and Islam, Venice played a leading role in the defining conflicts of its time—the reverberations of which are still being felt today. “[Crowley] writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page.”—The New York Times “Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice’s past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm.”—The Wall Street Journal
Author | : Louise Levathes |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2014-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1504007360 |
Download When China Ruled the Seas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
One hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began their voyages of discovery, fleets of giant junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire’s finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the world’s “four corners.” Seven epic expeditions brought China’s treasure ships across the China Seas and Indian Ocean, from Japan to the spice island of Indonesia and the Malabar Coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the East African coast, to China’s “El Dorado,” and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook’s landing. It was a time of exploration and expansion, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted ship. In When China Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes takes a fascinating and unprecedented look at this dynamic period in China’s enigmatic history, focusing on the country’s rise as a naval power that briefly brought half the world under its nominal authority. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab, and Indian sources, many translated for the first time, Levathes brings readers inside China’s most illustrious scientific and technological era. She sheds new light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived, as well as the perception of China by other contemporary cultures. Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, When China Ruled the Seas is the fullest picture yet of the early Ming dynasty—the last flowering of Chinese culture before the Manchu invasion.
Author | : Lewis Nixon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Maritime law |
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