{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-the-atlantic-9781472145918","title":"A Brief History of the Atlantic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and readable book, Jeremy Black takes the reader through its evolution to becoming one of the most important oceans in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack discusses the importance of the Atlantic in relation to world history as well as addressing topics such as those bravest to attempt to cross the ocean before Columbus, the beginnings of slavery from 1400-1600, the struggle for control between empires in the 1600s, the way technology adapted with steamships to telegraph cables, the battle of the Falkland, and the Cold War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack also touches on the Atlantic we know today, and the struggles it faces due to urgent global issues including climate change, pollution, and the trials of the economic rise in the Indo-Pacific world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you have ever yearned to know more about this famed and vital ocean, this clear and concise history will be a key read as one of the first of its kind on its evolution to becoming an established world ocean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJEREMY BLACK is one of the country's most respected historians. Andrew Roberts described him as the 'most underrated thinker in Britain'. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war. He appears regularly on TV and radio. His other books include \u003ci\u003eMaps and History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe British Seaborne Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRethinking World War Two\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robinson Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863983329554,"sku":"9781472145918","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48666739-37c6-489d-a96b-bed53e329568.jpg?v=1737648527","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-the-atlantic-9781472145918","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}