Aegean Sponge Fishing and the Island of Kalymnos (19th-20th Centuries) /

Before the invention of synthetic sponges, divers culled the seabeds of the Aegean for animal sponges or "sea gold" to supply global demand, while risking paralysis or death from decompression disease. This is a study of sponge diving and the impact of the industry on the inhabitants of Ka...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Olympitou, Evdokia (مؤلف), Goggin, Joyce (مؤلف)

التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني

اللغة: English

منشور في: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

سلاسل: Brill's Studies in Maritime History ; 17.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

الموضوعات:

Sponge divers > Greece > Kalymnos (Municipality) > History.

Sponge fisheries > Greece > Kalymnos (Municipality) > History.

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