Tag: Seafarers

Young Men and the Sea Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail


Free Download Vince Walsh, "Young Men and the Sea: Yankee Seafarers in the Age of Sail"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0300100671, 0300123663 | PDF | pages: 351 | 2.0 mb
Two centuries of American maritime history, in which the Atlantic Ocean remained the great frontier Westward expansion has been the great narrative of the first two centuries of American history, but as historian Daniel Vickers demonstrates here, the horizon extended in all directions. For those who lived along the Atlantic coast, it was the East-and the Atlantic Ocean-that beckoned. While historical and fictional accounts have tended to stress the exceptional circumstances or psychological compulsions that drove men to sea, this book shows how normal a part of life seafaring was for those living near a coast before the mid-nineteenth century.

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The Sea People A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia the Hittite Empire [Audiobook]


Free Download The Sea People: A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia, the Hittite Empire, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus, along with the Late Bronze Age Collapse (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868710803 | 2023 | 3 hours and 21 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 276 MB
Author: Captivating History
Narrator: Jay Herbert

The Sea People were a menace to eastern Mediterranean society and contributed to the destruction of the Late Bronze Age. But what do we really know about them? It is difficult to know the Sea People intimately because the records on them aren’t very comprehensive. But we set out to explore the many questions people have about this mysterious civilization. Who were they? Where did they come from? Did they do more than simply pillage, and what impact did they have on society and commerce?

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