Contents

List of Figures and Maps page vii

List of Contributors viii

Introduction: Writing World Oceanic Histories 1

SUJIT SIVASUNDARAM, ALISON BASHFORD AND

DAVID ARMITAGE

PART I OCEANS 29

1 The Indian Ocean 31

SUJIT SIVASUNDARAM

2 The Pacific Ocean 62

ALISON BASHFORD

3 The Atlantic Ocean 85

DAVID ARMITAGE

PART II SEAS 111

4 The South China Sea 113

ERIC TAGLIACOZZO

5 The MediterraneanSea 134

MOLLY GREENE

6 The RedSea 156

JONATHAN MIRAN

7 The Sea of Japan/Korea’s East Sea 182

ALEXIS DUDDEN

8 The BalticSea 209

MICHAEL NORTH

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9 The Black Sea 234

STELLA GHERVAS

PART III POLES 267

10 The Arctic Ocean 269

SVERKER SORLIN

11 The Southern Ocean 296

ALESSANDRO ANTONELLO

Index 319

List of Figures and Maps

Figure 8.1 Ship passages through the Sound (0resund),

1503-1850

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Maps

1.1 The Indian Ocean 32

2.1 The Pacific Ocean 64

3.1 The Atlantic Ocean 86

4.1 The South China Sea 114

5.1 The Mediterranean Sea 135

6.1 The Red Sea 157

7.1 The Sea of Japan/Korea’s East Sea 183

8.1 The Baltic Sea 210

9.1 The Black Sea 235

10.1 The Arctic Ocean 270

11.1 The Southern Ocean 297