On The Sponge Islands

SKU: 9781776194605
On The Sponge Islands

On The Sponge Islands

SKU: 9781776194605
Author: Julia Martin
C-Format·Ages 18+·Biography & Memoir
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About On The Sponge Islands by Julia Martin

When Julia Martin visits the Greek islands of the Dodecanese, beauty andsuffering seem inextricable. On the Sponge Islands follows her journey through Rhodes, Symi, Halki, Kalymnos, and Patmos to trace the cultural and ecological legacy of sponge diving.

Because of their wonderful porosity, sea sponges have always been perfect for a myriad of human uses, and men from the islands had been diving for them and trading them sinceantiquity. In the late nineteenth century new deep sea diving suits made it possible to mine the seabed as never before and bring home untold wealth. It was a rich harvest that came at the cost of many lives. And it couldn’t last. Everything, one might say, flowed through sponges. Until it didn’t.

Book details

Format
C-Format
Reading age
18+
Pages
307
Publisher
Jonathan Ball
Language
English
ISBN
9781776194605

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