@article{455403, author = {Crowley, Roger,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/455403}, title = {City of fortune : how Venice ruled the seas /}, publisher = {Random House,}, 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.}, recid = {455403}, pages = {xxix, 432 p., [8] p. of plates :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2011}, }