This interview was conducted by the award-winning New Zealand maritime historian and author Joan Druett, who published it on her blog, World of the Written Word.
I am grateful to Joan for the interview, and for her permission to repost it here.
All history is maritime history
This interview was conducted by the award-winning New Zealand maritime historian and author Joan Druett, who published it on her blog, World of the Written Word.
I am grateful to Joan for the interview, and for her permission to repost it here.
Firehouse Center, Damariscotta, Maine. In conversation with maritime novelist and educator James L. “Jim” Nelson and maritime archaeologist Dr. Warren Riess, Oct. 9, 2014.More
Recorded in San Francisco, October 1, 2014
Seafarers, from fisherman to explorers, have been coming to Bay Area ports for centuries. Maritime historian Lincoln Paine says our relationship with the ocean has been instrumental in shaping not only the history of the Bay Area, but of the entire world. His latest book, Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World, charts 3,500 years of maritime commerce and discovery. KALW’s Hana Baba spoke with him about the importance of the sea and its formative role in creating the bustling cities surrounding the Bay.More
San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2014.More
Long Beach, California, Sep. 24, 2014. More
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, May 7, 2014.More