City of Fortune : : how Venice Ruled the Seas
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Draws on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers to offer a complete history of Venice's centuries-long reign as a naval power and maritime trading empire.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xxix, 432 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781400068203
1400068207
SUBJECTS
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 697-1508.
Merchants -- Venice -- History.
Venice (Italy) -- Economic conditions -- To 1797.
Venice (Italy) -- History.
Mediterranean Region -- History.