{"product_id":"9781788168830","title":"Tracks on the Ocean : A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Caputo, Dr Sara \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/09\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781788168830,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 BSHS Hughes Prize 'Enthralling' Philip Ball'Ingenious' Sujit SivasundaramIn Tracks on the Ocean, Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps - and how journey lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world. From Captain Cook's route across the South Seas to the disorientating power of digital technology, the tracks we've left on the oceans - trading, exploring and conquering - are a hidden record of humanity's impact on the planet. Revealing their histories, Caputo uncovers a fascinating new history of maritime travel and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving human history, cartography, literature and climate science, Tracks on the Ocean reveals how, on the path to discovery, we have changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55739229929845,"sku":"9781788168830","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781788168830.jpg?v=1754474162","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781788168830","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}