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A history of seafaring based on underwater archaeology / contributors: George F. Bass ... [et al.] ; edited by George F. Bass.

Contributor(s): Bass, George F
Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1972.Description: 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; maps ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0500010773Subject(s): Voyages and travels -- History | Seafaring life -- History | Underwater archaeology | Navigation -- History | Shipping -- Mediterranean Region -- HistoryDDC classification: 387
Contents:
The earliest seafarers in the Mediterranean and the Near East/George F. Bass - Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician ships and shipping/Keith DeVries - Romans on the sea/Peter Throckmorton - Greek and Roman harbourworks/Joseph W. Shaw - Ships of the Roman period and after in Britain/Peter Marsden - Byzantium, mistress of the sea: 330-641/Frederick van Doorninck - Scandinavian ships from Earliest times to the Vikings/Arne Emil Christensen - The Vikings and the Hanseatic merchants: 900-1450/Ole Crumlin-Pedersen - The maritime republics: medieval and renaissance ships in Italy/Enrico Scandurra - The influence of British naval strategy on ship design: 1400-1850/Alexander McKee - Traders and privateers across the Atlantic: 1492-1733/Mendel L. Peterson - Waterways open the New World/Robert C. Wheeler, Richard C. Van Gemert.
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Book Book British Museum Greece and Rome Shelves DL25: BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00027102
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Bibliography: p. 307-311. - Includes index.

The earliest seafarers in the Mediterranean and the Near East/George F. Bass - Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician ships and shipping/Keith DeVries - Romans on the sea/Peter Throckmorton - Greek and Roman harbourworks/Joseph W. Shaw - Ships of the Roman period and after in Britain/Peter Marsden - Byzantium, mistress of the sea: 330-641/Frederick van Doorninck - Scandinavian ships from Earliest times to the Vikings/Arne Emil Christensen - The Vikings and the Hanseatic merchants: 900-1450/Ole Crumlin-Pedersen - The maritime republics: medieval and renaissance ships in Italy/Enrico Scandurra - The influence of British naval strategy on ship design: 1400-1850/Alexander McKee - Traders and privateers across the Atlantic: 1492-1733/Mendel L. Peterson - Waterways open the New World/Robert C. Wheeler, Richard C. Van Gemert.