The Spirit of Venice : From Marco Polo to Casanova

ISBN-13: 9781845951924 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013

Paul Strathern

Opis

Tells the history of the economic and naval power of the modern western world, from its struggle to ascendancy, through the arc of its glory - when its trading empire reached as far afield as China, Syria and West Africa - to the beginning of its long and fascinating decline.