Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence,
science and exposition, the "New York Times" bestselling author of
"Krakatoa" tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic
Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual
evolution
Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic
or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring
mariners successfully navigated to far shores--whether it was the
Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north,
or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south--the Atlantic
evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an
enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by
Europe and Africa to the East. "Atlantic" is a biography of this
immense space, of a sea which has defined and determined so much
about the lives of the millions who live beside or near its tens of
thousands of miles of coast.
The Atlantic has been central to the ambitions of explorers,
scientists and warriors, and it continues to affect our character,
attitudes, and dreams. Poets to potentates, seers to sailors,
fishermen to foresters--all have a relationship with this great
body of blue-green sea and regard her as friend or foe, adversary
or ally, depending on circumstance or fortune. Simon Winchester
chronicles that relationship, making the Atlantic come vividly
alive. Spanning from the earth's geological origins to the age of
exploration, World War II battles to modern pollution, his
narrative is epic and awe-inspiring.
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