The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment
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Rainer F. Buschmann and Lance Nolde, Editors. The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment. ABC-CLIO, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440843525.
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Rainer F. Buschmann and Lance Nolde, Editors. The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440843525
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Rainer F. Buschmann and Lance Nolde, Editors. (2018). The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440843525
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This single-volume resource explores the five major oceans of the world, addressing current issues such as sea rise and climate change and explaining the significance of the oceans from historical, geographic, and cultural perspectives.
• Introduces readers to the five major oceans of the world and provides ready-reference entries relating to geography, the environment, science, history, and culture• Entries are engaging and accessible to all readers from high school to university students to general readers
• Includes sidebars of "fun facts" throughout the text that highlight interesting oceanic subtopics
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Table of Contents
The World's Oceans: Geography, History, and Environment
Author(s): Rainer F. Buschmann and Lance Nolde, EditorsContributors: Buschmann, Rainer; Nolde, Lance;Abstract:This single-volume resource explores the five major oceans of the world, addressing current issues such as sea rise and climate change and explaining the significance of the oceans from historical, geographic, and cultural perspectives.
• Introduces readers to the five major oceans of the world and provides ready-reference entries relating to geography, the environment, science, history, and culture• Entries are engaging and accessible to all readers from high school to university students to general readers
• Includes sidebars of "fun facts" throughout the text that highlight interesting oceanic subtopics
Editor(s): Buschmann, Rainer; Nolde, Lance;SortTitle: world's oceans: geography, history, and environmentAuthor Info:Rainer F. BuschmanneditorLance NoldeeditoreISBN-13: 9781440843525Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440843525.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440843518Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 448Publication Date: 20180731- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Introduction ix10
- Part I: Thematic Essays 114
- The Arctic Ocean 316
- The Atlantic Ocean 1831
- The Indian Ocean 3548
- The Pacific Ocean 5265
- The Southern Ocean 7285
- Oceans and Seas in World Culture 90103
- The Changing Nature of Ocean Boundaries 109122
- The Shipping Industry 115128
- Ocean Exploration 134147
- Environmental Issues and the World’s Oceans 147160
- Part II: Topical Entries 163176
- Adriatic Sea 165178
- Age of Sail 166179
- Antikythera Wreck 168181
- Aquaculture 171184
- Art and the Sea 173186
- Atlantic Galleon Exchange 175188
- Atlantis 177190
- Atocha Wreck 179192
- Austronesians 181194
- Beachcombers (Transculturites) 185198
- Belitung Wreck 187200
- Bermuda Triangle 189202
- Bikini Atoll (Nuclear Pacific) 190203
- Burial at Sea 193206
- Carbon Cycle 198211
- Celestial Navigation 200213
- Climate Change 202215
- Coastal Erosion and Deposition 205218
- The Columbian Exchange 207220
- Commodities 210223
- Cook, James (1728–1779) 212225
- Coral Reefs 215228
- Coriolis Effect 218231
- Cousteau, Jacques (1910–1997) 219232
- Cross-Cultural Encounters 222235
- Da Gama, Vasco (1469–1524) 224237
- Deep Sea Exploration 226239
- Earle, Sylvia (1935-) 229242
- El Niño/La Niña 231244
- Estuaries 234247
- Exclusive Economic Zone 237250
- Fortified Wines (Port and Madeira) 239252
- Glaciers 242255
- Great Barrier Reef (Australia) 244257
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch 246259
- The Great Wave Off Kanagawa 250263
- Groot (Grotius), Hugo de (1583–1645) 252265
- Heyerdahl, Thor (1914–2002) 255268
- Hōkūle‘a 257270
- Hurricanes and Typhoons 259272
- Ibn Majid, Ahmad (c. 1432–c. 1500) 262275
- Ice Melt 263276
- Islands 266279
- Law of the Sea 270283
- Literature and the Sea 272285
- Little Ice Age 275288
- Littoral 277290
- Magellan, Ferdinand (1480–1521) 281294
- The Manila Galleon 284297
- Marine Pollution 286299
- Maritime Archaeology 288301
- Maritime Deities 290303
- Maritime Empires 292305
- Maritime Organizations 295308
- Maritime Trade 297310
- Mediterranean Sea 300313
- Mermaids 302315
- MH370 305318
- Moby-Dick 306319
- Mu (Continent of) 309322
- Music and Seafarers 310323
- Myths and Legends 313326
- Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930) 317330
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 320333
- Navigation 322335
- Nor’easter 324337
- Northwest Passage 326339
- Ocean Acidification 329342
- Ocean Currents 330343
- Ocean Tides 333346
- Panama Canal 336349
- Piailug, Mau (1932–2010) 338351
- Piracy 340353
- Plate Tectonics 343356
- Poseidon/Neptune 345358
- Reefs 348361
- Salinity 352365
- Sargasso Sea 354367
- Sea Ice 356369
- Sea Level Rise 359372
- Sea Monsters 361374
- The Sea Peoples 363376
- Sharks 366379
- The South China Sea 369382
- Suez Canal 371384
- Surfing 373386
- Terra Australis Incognita 377390
- Thalassocracy 379392
- Tomol 381394
- Tsunami 383396
- Tupaia (c. 1725–1770) 385398
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 387400
- The Vikings 389402
- Warships: North American Colonial Wars 392405
- Waves 397410
- Whales and Whaling 399412
- Zheng He (1371–c. 1430) 403416
- Bibliography 405418
- About the Editors and Contributors 413426
- Index 419432