| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 106.3

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to the AHR online. About 175 words from this article are provided below; about 549 words remain.

If you are a individual member of the American Historical Association, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time. AHA members can go to the AHA individual membership section to locate their member numbers.
If you are not a member of the American Historical Association, you can:: • Join the AHA and receive many member benefits including print and electronic issues of the American Historical Review.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the American Historical Review (104.3-present). Note: the Research Pass does not provide access to JSTOR's holdings of the American Historical Review.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to this journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 106.3 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Comparative/World

Paul Butel. The Atlantic. (Seas in History.) Translated by Iain Hamilton Grant. New York: Routledge. 1999. Pp. xiii, 330. $65.00.

This book opens a welcome new series of volumes on "Seas in History." Previous syntheses of Atlantic history have been more limited in thematic or temporal focus. Paul Butel conscientiously sweeps through two and a half millennia of human interaction around and across the ocean. He begins with the imaginary lands projected by antiquity into the terrifying expanse of the Sea of Perpetual Gloom and ends with the era of air travel, containerization, and cruise hotels. The book follows familiar lines of exploration, appropriation and conflict, moving outward from the Mediterranean basin and Northern Europe. From start to finish, the author's perspective is the Atlantic "as seen from Europe" (p. 1). The first chapter quickly moves the reader through two thousand years of seaborne ventures from the Phoenicians to the Viking feats of conquest and exploration along the northern arc of islands between the British Isles and Newfoundland. . . .

There are about 549 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.