Changing concepts of the sea, 1550–1950: an urban perspective

Konvitz, J. W. (1980) Changing concepts of the sea, 1550–1950: an urban perspective. In: Sears, M. and Merriman, D. (eds.) Oceanography: The Past. Springer, pp. 32-41. (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_4)

Abstract

Sea myths have always proved to have greater appeal than the realities of commercial and military sea power. When England, France, the Netherlands and America began to operate commercial and military systems on the North Atlantic in the seventeenth century, the scale of sea power increased rapidly. But changes in attitudes about the sea and seafaring in the societies responsible for and benefiting from that increase lagged. In a sense they have never caught up.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Konvitz, Professor Josef
• Authors: Konvitz, J. W.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Publisher: Springer