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Spain's men of the sea : daily life on the Indies fleets in the sixteenth century / Pablo E. Pérez-...

Spain's men of the sea : daily life on the Indies fleet...

Spain's men of the sea : daily life on the Indies fleets in the sixteenth century / Pablo E. Pérez-...

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Spain's men of the sea : daily life on the Indies fleets in the sixteenth century / Pablo E. Pérez-Mallaína ; translated by Carla Rahn Phillips.

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Full title

Spain's men of the sea : daily life on the Indies fleets in the sixteenth century / Pablo E. Pérez-Mallaína ; translated by Carla Rahn Phillips.

Publisher

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Uniform title

Hombres del oceáno. English.

Date

1998.

Call Numbers

N387.5094609/1

Record Identifier

74VM462PjM0y

MMS ID

991001350299702626

Language

English

Spanish

(Language of original)

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Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 289 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. Land environment of the men of the sea -- 2. Origin and social condition of the men of the sea -- 3. Ship as a place of work -- 4. Ship as aplace of life and death -- 5. Discipline and conflict -- 6. Mental horizons of the men of the sea.

1. The Land Environment of the Men of the Sea -- 2. The Origin and Social Condition of the Men of the Sea -- 3. The Ship as a Place of Work -- 4. The Ship as a Place of Life and Death -- 5. Discipline and Conflict -- 6. The Mental Horizons of the Men of the Sea.

Publication information

Publisher

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Place of Publication

Maryland

Date Published

1998.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

In the Sixteenth Century, Spain's control over its vast New World empire depended on the sailors and officers who manned the galleons and merchant vessels of its Atlantic fleets. In Spain's Men of the Sea, Pablo E. Perez-Mallaina paints a portrait of the daily life of these crews aboard the ships of the Spanish Main. With a novelist's eye for both...

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Full title

Spain's men of the sea : daily life on the Indies fleets in the sixteenth century / Pablo E. Pérez-Mallaína ; translated by Carla Rahn Phillips.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-279) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N387.5094609/1

Record Identifier

74VM462PjM0y

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM462PjM0y

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ISBN

0801857465 (acid-free paper)

9780801857461 (acid-free paper)

DDC

387.5094609031

MMS ID

991001350299702626

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