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Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus PG_Gift_Guide secular Kelsey Osgood would haveA magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, maritime exploration, slavery, and nascent European imperialism. A dazzling and ambitious history of the pre Columbian Atlantic seas, Ocean is a story that begins with the formation of the mid Atlantic ridge some 200 million years ago and ends with the