David Abulafia on The Boundless Sea
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🗓️ 8 July 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:46.2 | Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm Ellie Cawthorne. |
| 1:03.3 | Recently, Professor David Abelaffia was announced the winner of the 2020 Wolfson History Prize for his book, The Boundless Sea, A Human History of the Oceans. |
| 1:08.3 | Our content director, David Musgrove, called him to talk about the oceans |
| 1:12.4 | and the people who crossed them in the early medieval period. If you want to hear a longer |
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| 1:33.1 | I am delighted to be joined today by Professor David Abulathia, |
| 1:37.8 | Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge University, |
| 1:41.1 | and author of, among other things, |
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