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Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories电子书

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作       者:Simon Winchester

出  版  社:HarperPress

出版时间:2011-03-17

字       数:74.0万

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The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water – the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two of the world's tectonic plates led to the creation of an immense chasm. This giant gash in the flanks of the planet slowly opened up and eventually evolved into the most important and most travelled ocean in our world. In this utterly original biography, Simon Winchester explores the life of the Atlantic; it's birth, its relationship with mankind, and what lies in store for it once man has left the stage. He charts the development of the first settlements by the Oceanside – the communities of Celts and Vikings and whose lives depended on the sea – and delves into the age of exploration, venturing to forgotten worlds. The building of some of the world's most beautiful port cities – London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Casablanca – is also examined, along with the creation of settlements and colonies in and around the sea. Completely unique and highly readable, Atlantic takes its reader on a wonderful journey through time, along the waves of our planet's most significant ocean.
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CONTENTS

PREFACE: THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL

PROLOGUE: THE BEGINNINGS OF ITS GOINGS ON

Chapter One FROM THE PURPLE ISLES OF MOGADOR

1. ALLUREMENTS

2. ORIGINS

3. COASTING

4. DEPARTURES

5. SAILINGS

6. WESTERINGS

7. ARRIVALS

8. REPUTATIONS

9. REALISATIONS

Chapter Two ALL THE SHOALS AND DEEPS WITHIN

1. THE DEFINING AUTHORITY

2. THE ROADBLOCK IN THE WATER

3. MOVING THE WATERS

4. WRITING THE SEA

5. PLUMBING THE DEEP

6. TAKING THE MEASURE

7. FASHIONING THE CHARTS

8. WIDER STILL, AND WIDER

Chapter Three OH! THE BEAUTY AND THE MIGHT OF IT

1. THE PLAY OF THE SEA

2. FIRST WORDS

3. MONSTERS AND MAELSTROMS

4. A MORE COMFORTABLE SEA

5. THE LYRICAL TRANSITION

6. STONES OF THE OCEANSIDE

7. SOUNDS OF THE WATERS

8. CATCHING THE LIGHT

9. PEN, PAPER AND SALT AIR

Chapter Four HERE THE SEA OF PITY LIES

1. MOURNING HAS BROKEN

2. LITTLE LOCAL DIFFICULTIES

3. THE THEATRE EXPANDS

4. THE SCAVENGERS OF THE SEA

5. HUMANS, OFFERED WHOLESALE

6. THE RULES EVOLVE

7. WALLS OF WOOD, CASTLES OF STEEL

8. ENEMIES BELOW

9. WHAT NO SUBMARINER SUPPOSED

Chapter Five THEY THAT OCCUPY THEIR BUSINESS ON GREAT WATERS

1. LAWS AND ORDER

2. THE RULES OF TRADE

3. SEAFOOD, CANDLES, AND CORSETS

4. THE PASSAGE OF GOODS

5. THE PASSAGE OF INTELLIGENCE

6. THE PASSAGE OF PEOPLES

7. CASUALTIES AT SEA

Chapter Six CHANGE AND DECAY ALL AROUND THE SEA

1. CROSSING THE POND

2. FOULING THE NEST

3. THE CONSEQUENCES OF GREED

4. NORTH

5. SOUTH

6. A DISRESPECTED SEA

Chapter Seven THE STORM SURGE CARRIES ALL BEFORE

1. THE ICE DEPARTS THE SCENE

2. THE APPORTIONMENT OF DOOM

3. UP SHE RISES

4. HERE IS THE WEATHER FORECAST

5. THE LITTLE-KNOWN SEA

EPILOGUE: FALLS THE SHADOW, FADES THE SEA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GLOSSARY

INDEX

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