| Description |
xi, 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-279) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Land environment of the men of the sea -- 2. Origin and social condition of the men of the sea -- 3. Ship as a place of work -- 4. Ship as aplace of life and death -- 5. Discipline and conflict -- 6. Mental horizons of the men of the sea. |
| Language |
Translated from the Spanish. |
| Summary |
In the Sixteenth Century, Spain's control over its vast New World empire depended on the sailors and officers who manned the galleons and merchant vessels of its Atlantic fleets. In Spain's Men of the Sea, Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina paints a portrait of the daily life of these crews aboard the ships of the Spanish Main. With a novelist's eye for both detail and drama, Perez-Mallaina evokes the golden age of seafaring in this thoroughly researched and generously illustrated account. |
| Subject |
Navigation -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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Seafaring life -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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Navigation. (OCoLC)fst01035085
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Seafaring life. (OCoLC)fst01110214
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Spain. (OCoLC)fst01204303
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1599
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Phillips, Carla Rahn, 1943-
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| ISBN |
0801857465 (acid-free paper) |
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9780801857461 (acid-free paper) |
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0801881838 (pbk.) |
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9780801881831 (pbk.) |
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