The Maritime Heritage of the Cayman Islands
This first illustrated nautical history of the Cayman Islands describes how an intrepid and independent group of islanders flourished on the frontiers of the sea.The Caymans, three remote landforms in the western Caribbean, for centuries possessed one of the most remarkable marine fisheries in the New World. From the moment of their discovery by Europeans in 1503, they were recognized for their abundance of sea turtles, a resource that supported the colonization of the West Indies and fostered the development of a distinctive group of sea-hardened people whose nautical skills were known throughout the world.Roger C. Smith follows the mysterio…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8130-1773-0
- EAN: 9780813017730
- Produktnummer: 1544547
- Verlag: University Press of Florida
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.0 cm 526 g
- Abbildungen: 55 b&w photographs, 18 figures, 9 maps, notes, bibliography, index
- Gewicht: 526
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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