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The The Busy Narrow Sea: A Social History of the English Channel National Maritime Museum We can build a betterIt was half a million years ago that Britain first parted from Europe. As ice melted, water smashed through the chalky land bridge that separated Britain from the continent of Europe, forming what we now know as the English Channel, and what the French call La Manche. The second parting, far from being a force of nature, was the choice of Britains islanders disillusioned with continental rule. In The Busy Narrow Sea, Robin Laurance tells the story of