Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith
  • Preface / Dan L. Monroe
  • Introduction. (Maritime) history : salting the discourse / Daniel Finamore
  • Maritime history and world history / Felipe Fernández-Arnesto
  • Seaborne exploration in the ancient world / Lionel Casson
  • Maritime exploration in the Middle Ages / William D. Phillips Jr.
  • Exploring from early modern to modern times / Carla Rahn Phillips
  • Deep frontiers : ocean exploration in the twentieth century / Justin E. Manley and Brendan Foley
  • A world-embracing sea : the oceans as highways, 1604-1815 / Olaf U. Janzen
  • The role of short-sea, coastal, and riverine traffic in economic development since 1750 / John Armstrong
  • The sea as arena for conflict / John B. Hattendorf
  • Power an domination : Europe and the sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / Richard W. Unger
  • Oceanic space and the creation of a global international system, 1450-1800 / Elizabeth Mancke
  • Reimagining the history of twentieth century navies / Jon Tetsuro Sumida
  • Odysseus's oar : archetypes of voyaging / Robert D. Foulke.