Help me find this history of the Atlantic Ocean.
July 26, 2009 10:49 PM   Subscribe

Help me find this history of an ocean/sea: If I remember correctly, it was written by a French historian while he was held as a POW in the Second World War, and was either about the Atlantic or the Mediterranean.

I remember reading about it in a course on historiography. It was mentioned only in passing for its historiographical significance, so I don't remember the author's name or much at all about its content. All I do know is that it was discussed as an example of a great work of history which was novel in its vast scope, treating the ocean/sea as the subject; and that it was either about the Atlantic or the Mediterranean, written I think in French. I also remember wondering how the author managed to write the book while he was a POW, presumably without access to books and his notes.
posted by carnival of animals to Media & Arts (3 answers total)
 
I'm not sure of the circumstances under which it was written, but it sounds to me you're thinking of La Méditerranée et le Monde Méditerranéen à l'Epoque de Philippe II by Ferdinand Braudel.
posted by Bromius at 11:14 PM on July 26, 2009


"While a prisoner of war Braudel was without access to his books or notes; he relied on his prodigious memory to contemplate and draft his work." -- wikipedia
posted by @troy at 11:45 PM on July 26, 2009


Response by poster: Thank you! That's the one!
posted by carnival of animals at 12:04 AM on July 27, 2009


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