8 sentences with 'maritime'
Example sentences and phrases with the word maritime and other words derived from it.
• « The destruction of Atlantis is said to have taken place around 9500 BC as a result of a maritime catastrophe that swallowed it, its inhabitants and its secrets. »
• « Whereas the Mycenaeans had been maritime traders, their descendants were largely confined to local production and trade. »
• « When Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453, traditional trade routes to Asia were disrupted, particularly as the Turks began to take over the Venetian maritime empire. »
• « However, from about 1420 onwards, maritime technology improved dramatically and it became feasible to undertake voyages that could cross the entire Atlantic Ocean with a reasonable degree of certainty of success. »
• « This amounted to a royal-controlled and militarily enforced monopoly of maritime trade between Europe and India and Africa that lasted well into the 16th century. Thus, tiny Portugal was, for a time, one of the richest states in Europe. »
• « The Picton, New and Lennox Islands and an Atlantic maritime area - some 10,000 km2 - came under Chilean sovereignty. A maritime boundary was also established defining exclusive economic zones 200 nautical miles to the south (Chilean zone to the west and from Cape Horn; Argentine zone to the east and from the island of Tierra del Fuego). »
• « On the positive side, maritime trade between East and West expanded. As crusaders experienced the feel of silk, the taste of spices and the usefulness of porcelain, the desire for these products created new markets for merchants. »