Since the year 1500 until 2000, a real mine of treasures preserved in the French archives are offered to us in this remarkable book. This is the great story of the man and the sea is told us through the book. The illustrations (engravings, photographs, maps, etc ...) are superb and a very good readability due to the size of the book. It's exciting, each page is an enrichment and we evokes a discovery, a happiness, a drama ... a story of men. A beautiful edition.