Digging further into the Dutch experience, we explore how this small nation could create such a dynamic and sweeping maritime presence.

The Dutch make the world’s first global trading state.

Northwestern Europe seizes oceanic leadership.

Using the World Ocean, Spain creates a global colonial empire.

Portugal builds a global oceanic enterprise.

Iberia makes the Atlantic an inland sea for oceanic Europe.

Peoples on the Indian Ocean were active seafarers. But, did they move beyond their region?

China enjoyed huge success on the continent but failed to encourage exploring the sea.

Stepping back before recorded history to an amazing saga, we enter the vast open Pacific. This is the world of the of the Austronesian speakers.

John Curtis Perry invites us to embark in a wondrous journey through the centuries to explore the human history of the seas.