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Piratería en la Antigüedad : un ensayo sobre historia del Mediterráneo / Henry A. Ormerod ; traducido del inglés por Victoria León ; prólogo de Luis Alberto de Cuenca.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Original language: English Series: Colección Isla de la Tortuga ; 14.Publisher: [Valencina de la Concepción, Sevilla] : Renacimiento, [2012]Description: 1 online resource : mapsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9788484726753
  • 8484726754
Uniform titles:
  • Piracy in the Ancient World. Spanish (León)
Related works:
  • Translation of: Ormerod, Henry Arderne, 1886-1964. Piracy in the Ancient World
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Piratería en la Antigüedad.DDC classification:
  • 910.91638
LOC classification:
  • DE61.P5 ebook
Online resources: Summary: Henry Ormerod's classic Piracy in the Ancient World brings the treachery of the ancient high seas alive. Drawing on the works of Homer and Thucydides and the historical records that have survived from ancient Greece and Rome, Ormerod reconstructs the dangers of coastal living and seafaring and the attempts of ancient society to protect itself against the threat of invasion from the seas. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics.
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Henry Ormerod's classic Piracy in the Ancient World brings the treachery of the ancient high seas alive. Drawing on the works of Homer and Thucydides and the historical records that have survived from ancient Greece and Rome, Ormerod reconstructs the dangers of coastal living and seafaring and the attempts of ancient society to protect itself against the threat of invasion from the seas. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics.

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