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Geography, technology, and war : studies in the maritime history of the Mediterranean, 649-1571 / John H. Pryor.

By: Pryor, John H, 1947-Material type: TextTextSeries: Past and present publicationsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988. Description: xviii, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0521344247Subject(s): Navigation -- Mediterranean Region -- History | Mediterranean Region -- History, NavalGenre/Form: History | Naval historyDDC classification: 387.5/091638 LOC classification: VK55 | .P79 1988
Contents:
1. The sea -- 2. The ships -- 3. Navigation: the routes and their implications -- 4. The ninth and tenth centuries: Islam, Byzantium, and the West -- 5. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries: the Crusader states -- 6. Maritime traffic: the guerre de cours -- 7. The Turks -- 8. Epilogue: the Barbary corsairs -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 61 - Reading Room 		H2nn PRYOR 14057 Not for loan BOOKS*000000016586

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 200-219.

1. The sea -- 2. The ships -- 3. Navigation: the routes and their implications -- 4. The ninth and tenth centuries: Islam, Byzantium, and the West -- 5. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries: the Crusader states -- 6. Maritime traffic: the guerre de cours -- 7. The Turks -- 8. Epilogue: the Barbary corsairs -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.