@article{455403, recid = {455403}, author = {Crowley, Roger,}, title = {City of fortune : how Venice ruled the seas /}, publisher = {Random House,}, address = {New York :}, pages = {xxix, 432 p., [8] p. of plates :}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Draws on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers to offer a complete history of Venice's centuries-long reign as a naval power and maritime trading empire.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/455403}, }