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J. H. Parry.
The Discovery of the Sea.

Published London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975.
ISBN 0297769545.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 143×220×31mm.
Page count: xiii,319pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy shows the usual wear, noticeable but not too severe.


This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 559g.

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A maritime history of the great age of discovery which separates medieval and modern history, during which European seafarers established beyond doubt that all the world’s seas were connected.


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