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Lincoln Paine

Biography

Lincoln Paine

Lincoln Paine is the author of four books and more than 50 articles, reviews and lectures on various aspects of maritime history. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife, Allison.

Lincoln Paine

Books by Lincoln Paine

The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
by Lincoln Paine - History, Nonfiction, World History

THE SEA AND CIVILIZATION is a monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human.