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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (552 p) , 82 illustrations, incl. 9 in color

Edition: [Online-Ausgabe]

ISBN: 9781478007456

Series Statement: The World Readers

Content: From prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation and military conquest, as well as an inspiration for religion, culture, and the arts. The Ocean Reader charts humans' relationship to the Ocean, which has often been seen as a changeless space without a history. It collects familiar, forgotten, and previously unpublished texts from all corners of the world. Spanning antiquity to the present, the volume's selections cover myriad topics including the slave trade, explorers from China and the Middle East, shipwrecks and castaways, Caribbean and Somali pirates, battles and U-boats, narratives of the Ocean's origins, and the devastating effects of climate change. Containing gems of maritime writing ranging from myth, memoir, poetry, and scientific research to journalism, song lyrics, and scholarly writing, The Ocean Reader is the essential guide for all those wanting to understand the complex and long history of the Ocean that covers over 70 percent of the planet

Content: The Ocean Reader -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on The Ocean Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Creation -- The Egyptian Sea of Nun -- Babylon by the Sea -- Aphrodite Born from Sea Spray -- Izanagi and Izanami, Japanese Sea Gods -- The Pacific Islanders’ Angry Ocean God -- Pele Loses Her Temper -- The Hindu Ocean Gods -- The Finnish Sea Mother -- The Sea-Creating, Rainbow-Loving -- Did Comets Bring Water to Earth? -- Before the Great Extinctions -- II. Ancient Seas -- The First Aussies -- A New View of the Ainu -- The Surfing Chinchorro of Chile -- Canoes: The World’s First—and Simplest, and Most Graceful—Boats -- Pacific Island Open Ocean Navigation -- The Earliest Seafarers in the Mediterranean and the Near East -- III. Unknown Waters -- Chinese Voyages on the Indian Ocean -- Arab Voyages on the Indian Ocean -- A Chart of the Wet Blue Yonder, 1512 -- No Welcome for Newcomers in New Zealand -- The Oceanic Captain Kirk -- A Half Mile Down -- Walking on the Seafloor -- Descent to the Deepest Deep -- Rubber Duckies Navigate the Northwest Passage -- IV. Saltwater Hunt -- Basque Whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean -- The Tragedy of the Mackerel -- The Tragedy of the Menhaden -- The Perils of South Pacific Whaling -- The Collapse of Newfoundland Cod -- The Death of Coral Reefs -- V. Watery Highways -- The Maritime Silk Road -- Navigating the Indian Ocean in the 1300s -- The Ocean: Bridge or Moat? -- Surviving the Slave Ship -- Hating the China Trade -- About All Kinds of Ships -- Loving Cape Horn -- “Bitter Strength”: The International “Coolie” Trade -- The Container Ship -- VI. Battlefields -- The Epic Galley Battle of the Ancient Sea -- The Crest of Islamic Sea Power -- Elizabethan England’s Plausibly Deniable War in the Pacific Ocean -- The Iconic Tactic of the Age of Sail -- Captain Marryat’s War -- World War I beneath the Waves -- The Far-Flung Battle of Midway -- The Barents Sea, Most Dangerous Waters of World War II -- The Unfinished Cold War at Sea -- China Returns to the Ocean -- VII. Piracy -- The Sea Peoples -- Patrick and the Pirates -- The Pirates of the Mediterranean -- The First Pirate of the Caribbean: Christopher Columbus -- American Sea Rovers -- Born to Be Hanged -- The Dutch Pirate Admiral: Piet Hein -- The Chinese Pirate Admiral: Koxinga -- Song of the Pirate -- Somali Pirates Attack a Cruise Ship -- VIII. Shipwrecks and Castaways -- Shipwrecked by Worms, Saved by Canoe: The Last Voyage of Columbus -- The Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea -- Pandora’s Box -- The Real Moby-Dick -- The Castaway -- Just Keep Rowing . . . ! -- Life of Poon -- A Three-Hour Tour Becomes a Four-Month Ordeal -- IX. Inspiration -- The Asian Sea Goddess -- The Hajj by Sea -- Durr Freedley’s “Saints of the Sea” -- Missionary to Micronesia -- The Voyage -- The Northern Seas -- The World below the Brine -- Far Off-Shore -- The Ninth Wave -- Sea Pictures -- Voyage to Montevideo -- The Ballad of the Seawater -- X. Recreation -- Surfing: A Royal Sport -- By the Sea, by the Sea . . . -- The Compleat Angler -- Women and Children Next: The Family Goes to Sea -- The First Solo Circumnavigation -- The Cruise -- The Compleat Goggler -- Round the World! Journal of a Sailing Voyage—from a Teen’s Point of View -- XI. Laboratory -- The Pliny Deep -- Leonardo’s Notes on the Ocean -- The Discovery of the Gulf Stream -- Celestial Navigation for the People -- The Ocean and the Atmosphere -- Hurrah for the Dredge! -- Return of the Fossil Fish -- XII. The Endangered Ocean -- Goodbye, Plankton -- Ocean Acidification -- Attack of the Invasive Species! -- The First Dead Zone -- The First Trash Vortex -- The Rise of Slime -- The Tragic Common Home of the Ocean -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources -- Index

Note: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781478006008

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9781478006008

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781478007456

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Format: xix, 523 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten , 25 cm

ISBN: 9781478006961 , 9781478006008

Series Statement: The world readers

Content: The Roorda/Doyle Collection -- The Egyptian Sea of Nun / Samuel A. B. Mercer -- Babylon by the Sea / Anonymous -- Aphrodite Born From Sea-Spray / Hesiod -- Izanagi and Izanami, Japanese Sea Gods, / Ō no Yasumaro -- The Pacific Islanders' Angry Ocean God / Sir George Grey -- Pele Loses Her Temper / Earl Dutch Baldwin -- The Hindu Ocean Gods / E. Washburn Hopkins -- The Finnish Sea Mother/ Anonymous -- The Sea-Creating, Rainbow-Loving Serpent God of Haiti / Joseph J. Williams -- Did Comets Bring Water to Earth? / Kimberly M. Burtnyk -- Before the Great Extinctions / Jean-Bernard Caron -- The First Aussies / Fran Dorey -- A New View of the Ainu / David H. Gremillion -- The Surfing Chinchorro of Chile / Victoria Castro, Vivien G. Standen, and Bernardo T. Arriaza -- Dugout Canoes / Anonymous -- Pacific Island Open Ocean Navigation / David Lewis -- The Earliest Seafarers in the Mediterranean and the Near East / George Bass -- Chinese Voyages on the Indian Ocean / Zheng He -- Arab Voyages on the Indian Ocean / Paul Lunde -- A Chart of the Wet Blue Yonder, 1512 / Jan ze Stobnicy -- No Welcome for Newcomers in New Zealand / Abel Janszoon Tasman -- The Oceanic Captain Kirk / William Reynolds -- A Half Mile Down / William Beebe -- Walking on the Seafloor / Sylvia Earle -- Descent to the Deepest Deep / Jamie Condliffe -- Rubber Duckies Navigate the Northwest Passage / Eric Paul Roorda -- Basque Whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean / Alex Aguilar -- The Tragedy of the Mackerel / George Brown Goode -- The Tragedy of the Menhaden / Genio C. Scott -- The Perils of South Pacific Whaling / Nelson Hadley Cole -- The Collapse of Newfoundland Cod / Greenpeace -- The Death of Coral Reefs / Bob Stewart -- The Maritime Silk Road / Maritime Silk Road Museum of Guangdong -- Navigating the Indian Ocean in the 1300s / Ibn Battuta -- The Ocean : Bridge or Moat? / Benjamin Labaree -- Surviving the Slave Trade / Olaudah Equiano -- Hating the China Trade / Frederick Law Olmsted -- About All Kinds of Ships / Mark Twain -- Loving Cape Horn / Irving Johnson -- "Bitter Strength" : the International "Coolie" Trade / The Chinese Cuba Commission Report of 1876 -- The Container Ship / Roz Hamlett -- The Epic Galley Battle of the Ancient Sea / Herodotus -- The Crest of Islamic Sea Power / Matthew Merighi -- Elizabethan England's Plausibly Deniable War in the Pacific Ocean / Francis Pretty -- The Iconic Tactic of the Age of Sail / Godfrey Basil Mundy and Gilbert Blane -- Captain Marryat's War / Frederick Marryat -- World War I Beneath the Waves / Captain Baron Edgar Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim -- The Far-Flung Battle of Midway / Office of Naval Intelligence -- The Barents Sea, Most Dangerous Waters of World War II / Jack Bowman -- The Unfinished Cold War at Sea / Anatoly Miranovsky -- China Returns to the Ocean / The U.S. Naval War College -- The Sea Peoples / Shelley Wachsmann -- Patrick and the Pirates / John Bagnell Bury -- The Pirates of the Mediterranean / Frederic C. Lane -- The First Pirate of the Caribbean : Christopher Columbus / Michele de Cuneo -- American Sea Rovers / Alexander Exquemelin -- Born to be Hanged / Captain Charles Johnson -- The Dutch "Pirate Admiral" / Jan Pieter Heije -- The Chinese "Pirate Admiral," / Koxinga -- Song of the Pirate / Jos, de Espronceda -- Somali Pirates Attack a Cruise Ship / Eric Paul Roorda -- Shipwrecked by Worms, Saved by Canoe : The Last Voyage of Columbus / Diego Méndez -- The Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea / John Jea -- Pandora's Box / Peter Heywood -- The Real Moby-Dick / Owen Chase -- The Castaway / Herman Melville -- "Just Keep Rowing...!" / William Hale -- Life of Poon / Poon Lim -- A Three-Hour Tour Becomes a Four-Month Ordeal / Richard Van Pham -- The Asian Sea Goddess / Eric Paul Roorda -- The Hajj by Sea / Hadji Khan and Wilfrid Sparroy -- Saints of the Sea / Durr Freedley -- Missionary to Micronesia / Hiram Bingham -- The Voyage / Johann Goethe -- The Northern Sea / Mary Howitt -- The World Below the Brine / Walt Whitman -- Far Off-Shore / Herman Melville -- The Ninth Wave / Ivan Aivazovsky -- Sea Pictures / Edward Elgar -- Voyage to Montevideo / Dino Campana -- The Ballad of the Seawater / Federico García Lorca -- Surfing : A Royal Sport / Jack London -- By the Sea / Anonymous -- The Compleat Angler / Izaak Walton -- Women and Children Next : The Family Goes to Sea / Lady Brassey -- The First Solo Circumnavigation / Joshua Slocum -- The Cruise / G. B. Barrows -- The Compleat Goggler / Guy Gilpatric -- Round the World! : Journal of a Sailing Voyage "From a Teen's Point of View" / Katrina Bercaw -- The Pliny Deep / Pliny the Elder -- Leonardo's Notes on the Ocean / Leonardo da Vinci -- The Discovery of the Gulf Stream / Benjamin Franklin -- Celestial Navigation for the People / Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch -- The Ocean and the Atmosphere / Matthew Fontaine Maury -- Hurrah for the Dredge! / Edward Forbes -- Return of the Fossil Fish / J. L. B. Smith -- Goodbye, Plankton / William Beebe -- Ocean Acidification / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- Blue Immigrants : The Marine Biology of Maritime History / James T. Carlton -- The First Dead Zone / The University of Michigan and Matt Rota -- The First Trash Vortex / Charles Moore -- The Rise of Slime / Jeremy Jackson -- The Tragic Common Home of the Ocean / Pope Francis.

Content: "While much of the telling of human history focuses on events that occurred on land, THE OCEAN READER takes the centrality of water as its starting point, bringing together material that has shaped humans' relationship to the water and treating the ocean as a dynamic site of history, culture, and politics. In its twelve parts, THE OCEAN READER gathers a variety of primary texts, including myth, scholarly writing, poetry, scientific research, song lyrics, memoir, journalism, blog posts, and more"--

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781478007456

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe The ocean reader Durham : Duke University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781478007456

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

Keywords: Meer ; Geschichte ; Aufsatzsammlung

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