Dr. David Abulafia's new book The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans is global history of humankind told through our relationship with the world's oceans. The Professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge University joins the show to discuss his 1075 page tome and why he is driven to write in a way that makes history accessible to everyone.
5 Jul 2020
David Abulafia's incredible human history of the oceans
From Sunday Morning, 10:04 am on 5 July 2020
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