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Spain´s Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century
Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina
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Description for Spain´s Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century
Paperback. This book should appeal to all aficionados of the romance of the sea as well as to specialists in Spanish and Latin American colonial history."-Benjamin Keen, author of A History of Latin America Translator(s): Phillips, Carla Rahn. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32, 20 black & white halftones, 12 colour plates. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
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 stunning portrait of daily life 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. Spain's Men of the Sea begins in Seville, the gateway to the New World. One of Europe's most cosmopolitan cities, Seville attracted people ... Read more
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 stunning portrait of daily life 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. Spain's Men of the Sea begins in Seville, the gateway to the New World. One of Europe's most cosmopolitan cities, Seville attracted people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801881831
SKU
V9780801881831
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About Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina
Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina is director of the Department of American History at the University of Seville. Carla Rahn Phillips is professor of history at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Spain´s Men of the Sea: Daily Life on the Indies Fleets in the Sixteenth Century
A readable and vivid portrayal of everyday life of seamen on the Indies route.
David Goodman Mariner's Mirror The author makes commanding use of the material in the great range of archive and other sources he has mined to write a vivid and detailed account of all aspects of the day-to-day working of this great maritime endeavour by Spain... ... Read more
David Goodman Mariner's Mirror The author makes commanding use of the material in the great range of archive and other sources he has mined to write a vivid and detailed account of all aspects of the day-to-day working of this great maritime endeavour by Spain... ... Read more