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The spirit of Venice : from Marco Polo to Casanova / Paul Strathern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strathern, Paul, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508.
- Venice (Italy).
- Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797.
- Venice (Italy)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jonathan Cape, 2012.
- Summary:
- The Republic of Venice was the first great economic and naval power of the modern Western world. After winning the struggle for ascendency against its bitter Genoese rivals in the late 13th century, the Republic enjoyed centuries of unprecedented glory and a trading empire which at its apogee reached as far afield as China, Syria and West Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780224089791
- 022408979X
- OCLC:
- 772968098
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