TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - City of fortune :how Venice ruled the seas / DA - c2011. CY - New York : AU - Crowley, Roger, ET - 1st U.S. ed. CN - DG677 CN - DG677 PB - Random House, PP - New York : PY - c2011. ID - 455403 KW - Merchants SN - 9781400068203 (alk. paper) SN - 1400068207 (alk. paper) TI - City of fortune :how Venice ruled the seas / ER -