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Early Modern Marine Environments: A Global History book cover

1st Edition

Early Modern Marine Environments A Global History

By Jakobina K. Arch, Jack Bouchard Copyright 2026
246 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Across the early modern world (late 1400s to mid-1900s), oceans provided the key connection between far-flung communities in an age of empire and colonial expansion, while also serving as an increasingly important source of resources, from salted fish to whale oil to luxurious pearls. This story has rarely been told from the perspective of the marine environment itself. This book brings... Read more

Introduction. 1. Fishing: Problems and Impacts 2. Global Harvest: A Survey of Early Modern Fisheries 3. Moving into the Water: Humans in the Oceans 4. Moving across the Water: Humans in the Oceans 5. Knowing How to Go: Navigating Maritime Spaces 6. Visible Impacts: Reshaping Marine Environments 7. Blurred Lines: Connections Across Environments 8. Oceans of the Mind: Metaphysical Impacts and Thinking about Marine Environments. Conclusion: Early Modern Marine Environments and History. Bibliography.

Biography

Jakobina K. Arch is a Professor of History at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Her research focuses on marine environmental history in Japan, especially in the early modern period.

Jack Bouchard is an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he teaches environmental history. He researches commercial fishing, island/coastal ecologies and changing global foodways in the 15th–16th centuries.

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