The Conquest of the Ocean 2013

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This exciting volume, spanning 5,000 years of the ocean's history, tells the stories of the courageous individuals who sailed seas, for trade, to conquer new lands and to explore the unknown, from the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British.

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Books by Brian Lavery:

• The Frigate Surprise (2009)
• The Conquest of the Ocean (2013)