This article explores port typography and historiography. It reviews the expansion of port history as a field over the last 50 years, with increasing focus on the Early Modern, Medieval and Classical periods. Concentration on leading players has been replaced by interest in a range of ports, and comparisons at a local and regional level, although regrettably usually not at international or global level, for reasons considered. The author takes issue with suggestions that port history sits uncomfortably at a nexus of local, national and international historiography, arguing that this is a strength, providing both basic coherence and wider perspective.

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港口的历史

本文探讨了港口排版和历史编纂。它回顾了过去 50 年来港口历史作为一个领域的扩展，越来越关注早期现代、中世纪和古典时期。对领先企业的关注已被对一系列港口的兴趣以及地方和区域层面的比较所取代，尽管遗憾的是，出于考虑的原因，通常不是在国际或全球层面。作者对港口历史与地方、国家和国际历史编纂的联系感到不自在的说法提出异议，认为这是一种优势，既提供了基本的连贯性，又提供了更广阔的视野。