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very good dust-jacket, fresh attractive copy, blue cloth, beautiful book. ATAUZ, AYSE DEVRIM. Eight thousand years of Maltese maritime history: trade, piracy, and naval warfare in the central Mediterranean. Foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xiv, 379pp., . New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology"Building on her systematic underwater archaeological survey of the Maltese archipelago, Ayse Atauz presents a sweeping, groundbreaking, interdisciplinary approach to maritime history in the Mediterranean. Offering a general overview of essential facts, including geographical and oceanographic factors that would have affected the navigation of historic ships, major relevant historical texts and documents, the logistical possibilities of ancient ship design, a detailed study of sea currents and wind patterns, and especially the archaeological remains (or scarcity thereof) around the Maltese maritime perimeter, she builds a convincing argument that Malta mattered far less in maritime history than has been previously asserted." "Atauz's conclusions are of great importance to the history of Malta and of the Mediterranean in general, and her archaeological discoveries about ships are a major contribution to the history of shipbuilding and naval architecture." - CONTENTS: Ancient history of Malta : from prehistory to the Arab conquest -- Medieval Malta : from the period of Muslim occupation to the arrival of the Order of Saint John -- The Order of Saint John in Malta -- Naval organization of the Order of Saint John -- Naval functions of the Order of Saint John -- Maltese population, 1530-1798 -- Conclusions. ISBN 9780813031798. Seller Inventory # 95245
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