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The Venetian Empire

By Jan Morris

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The Venetian Empire

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For six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean - an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote, the mercantile Venetians 'held the gorgeous east in fee'. Jan Morris reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. It is a traveller's book, geographically arranged but wandering at will from the past to the present, evoking not only contemporary landscapes and sensations but also the characters, the emotions and the tumultuous events of the past. The first such work ever written about the Venetian 'Stato da Mar', it is an invaluable historical companion for visitors to Venice itself and for travellers through the lands the Doges once ruled.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
1990-01-04
Publication Date:
1990-01-04
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140119949
ISBN13:
9780140119947
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
160 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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