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"Once again, Simon Winchester delivers the goods! Deeply researched, historically informed, fascinating and engaging from start to finish. Winchester celebrates the life of a remarkable man, the great scholar James Needham who, almost single-handed..." Permalink

"Simon Winchester scores again! This is an exhaustively researched work, spanning the origins, character, wonders, terrors and human dramas of the great western ocean around which modern western civilization has evolved. Winchester reveals the camb..." Permalink