Sea Routes – Stories of water and dry land

Pino Pace & Allegra Agliardi

Navigation didn’t start when someone saw a floating log, but when they climbed onto it and realized it could carry them. With another log as a paddle, they began to look for a destination. From that simple discovery came countless inventions: the raft, the boat, the sail, the wheel, the ship, the compass, the astrolabe.

Over time, navigation became one of the fastest and most powerful ways to travel— to explore the world and to conquer it. The seas and oceans turned into pathways for merchants and adventurers, driven by curiosity, greed, freedom, or the desire to escape.

This book, enriched with worksheets, illustrations, maps, and charts, brings these journeys to life.
Allegra Agliardi and Pino Pace recount stormy and calm voyages, stories of the brave and the reckless, saints and criminals, and extraordinary encounters— journeys that lasted minutes, months, years, or even a lifetime.