Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage
- ISBN-10
- 039332334X
- ISBN-13
- 9780393323344
- Category
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pages
- 442
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Deborah Cramer
Description
In the course of an ocean voyage, Cramer offers a remarkable meditation on and spiritual exploration of one of our least appreciated natural resources: the Atlantic Ocean. 20 line drawings.
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