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First US printing. "A previously unpublished work by one of the greatest historians of the 20th century: the story of the Mediterranean in ancient times, from its geological beginnings to the great civilizations that flourished along its shores. Written in the late 1960s - the decade during which Braudel was also at work on his monumental Civilization and Capitalism - the manuscript was set aside on the death of the author's editor... [it has been] expertly annotated to reflect recent archaeological discoveries." Edited by Roselyne de Ayala, and Paule Braudel. Introduction by Oswyn Murray; preamble by Christopher Logue; editor's foreword to the French edition and author's preface. Translated from the French by Sian Reynolds.Appendices,maps, notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with full color plates. 365p p. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine dustjacket. .ISBN # 0-375-404260 

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