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Books on: atlantic ocean history

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The Atlantic: A History of an Ocean

Book by Leonard Outhwaite; Coward McCann, 1957

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Atlantic Ocean

Collections: History, Entire Library

...people have crossed the Atlantic and taken up residence about...assembled it into a unified history of the Atlantic or to have shown how the ocean has operated and continues...geography or oceanography of the Atlantic. There were also volumes...
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A Nation upon the Ocean Sea: Portugal's Atlantic Diaspora and the Crisis of the Spanish Empire, 1492-1640

Book by Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert; Oxford University Press, 2007

Subjects:

Merchants--Atlantic Ocean Region--History, Portuguese--Atlantic Ocean Region--History, Spain--Commerce--Atlantic Ocean Region--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Gizbert, Daviken. A nation upon the ocean sea : Portugals Atlantic diaspora and the crisis of the Spanish...517569-7 (pbk.) 1. Portuguese-Atlantic Ocean Region-History. 2. Merchants-Atlantic Ocean Region-History. 3. Atlantic...
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Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail

Book by Michael Wayne Santos; Susquehanna University Press, 2002

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Fisheries--North Atlantic Ocean--History, Fishers--North Atlantic Ocean--History, Fishers--North Atlantic Ocean--Social Life And Customs

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...ISBN 1-57591-053-5 (alk. paper) 1. Fisheries-North Atlantic Ocean-History. 2. Fishers-North Atlantic tic Ocean-History. 3. Fishers-North Atlantic Ocean-Social life and customs. 1. Title. SH213.5 .526 2002 338...
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The British Atlantic Empire before the American Revolution

Book by Peter Marshall, Glyn Williams; Cass, 1980

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British--Atlantic Ocean Region--History--17th Century, British--Atlantic Ocean Region--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Colonies--America, United States--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the emerging English Atlantic economy. Although the economic history of the English Atlantic has not been subjected...The best short economic histories of pre-industrial England...colonists into the English Atlantic market economy. 18 The...
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Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders: The Deadly Voyage of HMS Jervis Bay

Book by Bruce Allen Watson; Praeger, 2006

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Admiral Scheer (Cruiser), Jervis Bay (Ship), Naval Convoys--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Atlantic Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, British, World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, German

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Publication Data Watson, Bruce, 1929- Atlantic convoys and Nazi raiders : the deadly...operations, German. 5. Naval convoys-History-20th century. 6. World War, 1939-1945-Atlantic Ocean. I. Title. D772.J4W37 2006 940...

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Journal Articles on: atlantic ocean history

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Europe between the Oceans, 9000 BC-AD 1000. the Atlantic World: Europeans, Africans, Indians and Their Shared History, 1400-1900. Global Lives: Britain and the World 1550-1800

Journal article by Albert J. Schmidt; Journal of Social History, Vol. 44, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, Europe Between the Oceans, 9000 BC-AD 1000 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Global Lives: Britain and the World, 1550-1800 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, The Atlantic World: Europeans, Africans, Indians and Their Shared History, 1400-1900 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Indians and Their Shared History, 1400-1900. Global...Schmidt Europe between the Oceans, 9000 BC-AD 1000...45.00). The Atlantic World: Europeans...another each speaks to the Atlantic world as it was or was...Benjamins notion of an Atlantic world has been around...earlier work, Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its...
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Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its Peoples 8000 BC-AD 1500

Journal article by Albert J. Schmidt; Journal of Social History, Vol. 37, 2003

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Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its Peoples, 8000 BC-AD 1500 (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ancient and medieval history had played out long...myths that fashioned an Atlantic mystique in "Between...and photographs of the ocean facade stretching from...connected with the Atlantic settlements. Cunliffe...hitherto self-contained Atlantic communities made contact...Sailors on the Two Oceans" he chronicles the...
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Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945

Journal article by Craig C. Felker; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

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Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945. by Craig C. Felker Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945. By David Fairbank...boats during the Battle of the Atlantic have only the vast expanse of the...
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When Is an Ocean Not an Ocean?: Geographies of the Atlantic World1

Journal article by James Taylor Carson; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 43, 2006

Subjects:

Atlantic Rim, Cultural anthropology, Historical analysis, Social history

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...the fact of the ocean, was not the...corner of the Atlantic World, the colonial...concept of the Atlantic World but to...about British history some years ago...multicultural histories; to divest ourselves...assertion of an Atlantic Ocean as a natural...early colonial history of the South...
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Transtensive Synsedimentary Tectonics Associated with Ocean Opening: the Essaouira-agadir Segment of the Moroccan Atlantic Margin

Journal article by A. Pique, P. Le Roy, M. Amrhar; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 155, 1998

Subjects:

Geology, Morocco, Oceans, Plate tectonics, Seismology

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...Tectonics Associated with Ocean Opening: the Essaouira...Segment of the Moroccan Atlantic Margin by A. Pique...African side of the central Atlantic ocean is homologous with...margins of the central Atlantic. Firstly, there is...Onshore structural history The oldest structures...

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Magazine Articles on: atlantic ocean history

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Indian Ocean Nexus: The Atlantic and Pacific Now Dominate the World's Politics and Trade, but the Indian, Ocean Is Emerging as a New Locus of Power That Increasingly Unites China, India, the Middle East, and Africa

Magazine article by Martin Walker; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 32, Spring 2008

Subjects:

Africa--International economic relations, China--International economic relations, Global economy--Forecasts and trends, India--International economic relations, Indian Ocean--Strategic aspects, Middle East--International economic relations

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...Ocean Nexus: The Atlantic and Pacific Now...Genoa. Later the Atlantic became the great...trade. The Indian Ocean is not new to the...exploit the Indian Oceans potential. Some...binding the Indian Ocean nations and China...surges of trade in history, the explosion...trade across the Atlantic and then the Pacific...
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The Command of the Ocean

Magazine article by Benjamin Schwarz; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 295, May 2005

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Books--Book reviews, The Command of the Ocean (Book)--Book reviews

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The Command of the Ocean. by Benjamin Schwarz The Command of the Ocean, by N.A.M. Rodger (Norton...Rodgers projected three-part naval history of Britain is one of very few books...and the national editor of The Atlantic.
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The Indian Ocean in World History

Magazine article by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto; History Today, Vol. 54, May 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Indian Ocean in World History (Book)--Book reviews, Mediterranean in History (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Indian Ocean in World History. by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Indian Ocean in World History...routes across the Atlantic or Pacific, with...strictly one of economic history, and trace the contribution of Indian-ocean routes to the history...
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Floating Palaces: Ocean Liners as Icons of Modern Splendour: Bernhard Rieger Considers How Luxury Liners Became Icons of Modernity and National Pride in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century

Magazine article by Bernhard Rieger; History Today, Vol. 55, February 2005

Subjects:

Ocean liners--Analysis, Ocean liners--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...dispelled suspicions about ocean travel. These promotional triumphs rank high in the history of commercial public relations...disturbed idealized visions of ocean vessels. In short, it projected...as aspirational models to ocean liners. In fact, Mewes...
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Ocean Tantrums

Magazine article by Barbie Bischof; Natural History, Vol. 108, September 1999

Subjects:

Gray, William M, Hurricanes, Meteorology, Oceans

Collections: Entire Library

...frequency and intensity is the Atlantic conveyor belt circulation...within the upper layers of the ocean, the conveyor belt system...reasons probably related to the oceans salt content, the conveyor...the average temperatures of Atlantic waters and setting the stage...to absorb the summers heat. Ocean surface temperatures must be...

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Newspaper Articles on: atlantic ocean history

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LOST; Three Irish Doctor Pals among 228 on Jet Missing in Atlantic Ocean

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 2, 2009

Subjects:

A330 (Aircraft)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Pals among 228 on Jet Missing in Atlantic Ocean. Byline: ADRIAN SHAW; MIKE...worst disaster in Air Frances history. GRIEF Woman at de Gaulle yesterday...power due to a fuel leak over the Atlantic Ocean. The plane lost nearly 37,000...
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Taking the Plunge Robert Kurson Abandoned His Harvard Law Degree to Dive into the Unknown Waters of Writing - a Gamble That Ultimately Sent Him to the Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and the Top of the Best-Seller List

Newspaper article by Joel Reese; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 7, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to the Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and the Top of the Best...that changed literary history. It was 1989, and...Critics have heaped an oceans worth of praise upon...rock tossed into the ocean. Kurson didnt care...Detectives" on The History Channel. "But Richie...
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Uncovering Frozen Secrets to Answer Key Climate Questions; for Years an Almost Fabled Shipping Route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Global Warming Has Seen the Ice in the Northwest Passage Shrink to the Point Where It Is Now Almost Passable. Graham Henry Speaks to a Scientist Heading to the Arctic to Discover Mankind's Effect on Our Climate

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 18, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Global Warming...term environmental history of the passage...sediment to track the history of ice formations...in the Arctic Ocean, and connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It was first...
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High Life. High Seas; RE-LIVE THE GLORY DAYS OF OCEAN LINERS WITH AN ATLANTIC CROSSING ON THE QM2

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 2, 2006

Subjects:

Cruise lines, Cruise ships

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...LIVE THE GLORY DAYS OF OCEAN LINERS WITH AN ATLANTIC CROSSING ON THE QM2...this was the North Atlantic and we were soon to...she knifed through the Atlantic swells at a steady 23...chronicling Cunards history. Where to eat? Much...
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Two Thousand Miles of Rain-Lashed Sky Ahead. below the Bitter Atlantic; Ninety Years on, How a Flimsy Biplane Conquered the Ocean

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 18, 2009

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Aircraft, Flying-machines

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Ahead. below the Bitter Atlantic; Ninety Years on, How...Biplane Conquered the Ocean. Byline: by Turtle...magnificent events in aviation history. On that morning, 90...non-stop across the Atlantic. In early 1919, Percy...eye now fixed upon the Atlantic Prize, Alcock sought...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: atlantic ocean history

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Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...discovered in the Atlantic. See also tide...circulation of the oceans and is primarily...coldest water in the ocean depths. It forms...the middle North Atlantic Ocean, where it...ocean layers. The Ocean as a Biological Environment The oceans hold the answers...the earth and the history of life on earth...
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Greenland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...surrounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north; the Greenland...it from Iceland; the Atlantic Ocean in the south...insights into the climatic history of the last 200,000...they frequently reach Atlantic shipping lanes. Surveys...hazardous. The North Atlantic Drift gives the southwest...
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Seafloor Spreading

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1960s that the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a vast, sinuous...chain bisecting the Atlantic Ocean, was in fact...Continued study of the mid-ocean ridges is a major component...research in the global oceans. Role of the Spreading...of it. The magnetic history of the earth is thus recorded in the spreading ocean floors as in a very...
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Europe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...north by the Arctic Ocean, and in the west by the Atlantic Ocean, with which...stretching from the Atlantic coast of France to...influenced by the North Atlantic Drift. In central...ports. Outline of History Historical Currents...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...America from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west, and...Arctic and Pacific oceans and is bordered by...E central Pacific Ocean c.2,100 mi...Connecticut ), the Middle Atlantic states ( New York...

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