Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel by Dr Sara Caputo #joyce Clair Shores

Clair Shores

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With charming illustrations by Abby McBride

Translated by Jane Degras

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Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel by Dr Sara Caputo #joyce Clair ShoresIn Tracks on the Ocean, Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps and how journey lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world. From Captain Cook's route across the South Seas to the disorientating power of digital technology, the tracks we've left on the oceans trading, exploring and conquering are a hidden record of humanity's impact on the planet. Revealing their histories, Caputo uncovers a