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veganbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Just an amazing book that teaches a lot about the connections people have with the oceans. Definitely need a reread in a while!
adampm97's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Probably one of the best histories of the world I've read. If you came to history really not knowing much, this would be a great book to teach you a bit about almost our entire history, in every corner of the world. My favourite and imo the best section is about the Polynesian navigators, and another great one about Arctic exploration. You'll really learn about how the modern world came into being listening to this.
caroreadssometimes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.0
hamiltoncallum10's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.5
jasonwpost's review against another edition
3.0
An ambitious, if sprawling, account of our relationship to the seas. Feels a little too much like a history of human civilisation in places. The chapters on the Indian ocean and the Sea of Japan especially feel patchy, and some of their content reads a bit tangental. However, the chapters on the pacific - before and after the Polynesian encounters with Europeans - are fascinating, and I wish those sections had been longer.