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A HISTORY OF SEAFARINGBASED ON UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGYGEORGE F. BASSGeneral Editor |
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A History of Seafaring based on Underwater Archaeology: General Editor: George F. Bass
Here for the first time a history of seafaring, from its earliest beginnings to the advent of steam power, has been treated primarily from the archaeological standpoint – a project made possible by the remarkable advances in underwater archaeology of the last two decades.
For this ambitious task a number of experienced marine archaeologists were commissioned under the general editorship of George F. Bass, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, himself a pioneer of underwater archaeology as well as author of a standard work on the subject. Each contributor has investigated the wrecks and other physical manifestations of the period about which he writes. In the opening chapter Professor Bass discusses the earliest seafarers of the Mediterranean and the Near East. Then follow chapters on Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician ships and shipping, the Romans on the sea, Greek and Roman harbour-works, ships of the Roman period and after in Britain, the Byzantine maritime world, Scandinavian ships up to the time of the Vikings, and the ships of medieval and Renaissance Italy. Later chapters describe the influence of British naval strategy on ship design, the traders and privateers who plied the Atlantic from the end of the fifteenth century to the middle of the eighteenth, and how the great water-ways opened the New World. The highly sophisticated techniques now employed in underwater archaeology are described and illustrated, and telling comparisons are made between the direct evidence thus provided and that derived from representational art and literary sources.
Each of the twelve chapters is accompanied by its own section of colour and black-and-white illustrations, ranging from divers in action, wrecks and cargoes in situ, and salvaged treasure, to reconstructed vessels such as the remarkable ships in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. The narrative is further supported by numerous illustrations in the text, diagrams, charts and maps. Text and illustrations together vividly and excitingly demonstrate how much the spread of culture through the Western world owes to the development of water craft, and to the mariners who crossed the oceans and scoured the rivers in pursuit of discovery, trade and war.With 369 photographs, 150 in colour, and 137 drawings.
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Contents
The Earliest Seafarers in the Mediterranean and the Near East
George F. Bass
University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaGreek, Etruscan and Phoenician Ships and Shipping Keith DeVries
University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Michael L. Katzev
Oberlin College, OberlinRomans on the Sea
Peter Throckmorton
University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaGreek and Roman Harbourworks Joseph W. Shaw University of Toronto
Ships of the Roman Period and After in Britain Peter Marsden
Guildhall Museum, LondonByzantium, Mistress of the Sea: 330–641 Frederick Van Doorninck University of California, Davis
Scandinavian Ships from Earliest Times to the Vikings Arne Emil Christensen Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo
The Vikings and the Hanseatic Merchants: 900-1450 Ole Crumlin-Pedersen Danish National Museum, Roskilde
The Maritime Republics:
Medieval and Renaissance Ships in Italy Enrico ScandurraThe Influence of British Naval Strategy on Ship Design
1400–1850
Alexander McKeeTraders and Privateers across the Atlantic: 1492–1733 Mendel L. Peterson
Smithsonian Institution, WashingtonWaterways Open the New World Robert C. Wheeler
Minnesota Historical Society Richard C. Van Gemert
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