'Agents, Actors, Adventurers' The contributions in this book are designed to complement and deepen the content of the special exhibition 'Europe and the Sea' of the German Historical Museum Berlin. They were written by authors who contributed to the narrative of this exhibition as specialists in their respective fields. Their studies provide further and more detailed information on aspects that the exhibition itself cannot take into account.

Jürgen Elvert teaches modern and contemporary history and didactics of history at the Historical Institute of the University of Cologne. His teaching and research focuses on European history and the cultural history of the sea. Several of his books are considered as standard works. In 2013, the European Commission awarded him the honorary title of Jean Monnet Professor of European History for his project 'European History in Global Context'. Martina Elvert M. A. studied political science and Roman languages at the University of Bonn before starting her own business. Since 2006 she has been project manager at the Jean Monnet Chair of European History at the University of Cologne. She is also editor of the journal 'Das Historisch-Politische Buch' published by Duncker & Humblot.

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