The Boundless Sea by David Abulafia the week 'For the last twelve years

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The Boundless Sea by David Abulafia the week 'For the last twelve yearsAbulafia begins with the spread of Polynesian seafarers across the Pacific from about 1500 BC. Moving on to the Indian and Atlantic oceans, he covers a staggering range of people and places, from Sumatra to Europes first bloody maritime contact with Africa and Asia. Throughout, his interest is above all in how seafaring opened up connections between cultures.