Dutch East India Company shipbuilding : the archaeological study of Batavia and other seventeenth-century VOC ships / Wendy van Duivenvoorde ; foreword by Jeremy Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Duivenvoorde, Wendy, 1974- author.

Green, Jeremy, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.

Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indiamen--Netherlands.

Indiamen.

Shipbuilding--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Shipbuilding.

Hulls (Naval architecture)--Design and construction.

Hulls (Naval architecture).

Shipwrecks--Australia--Western Australia.

Shipwrecks.

Underwater archaeology--Australia--Western Australia.

Underwater archaeology.

Batavia (Ship).

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History.

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>WENDY VAN DUIVENVOORDE is a lecturer in maritime archaeology at Flinders University and deputy director of the Australian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres. She is also affiliated faculty with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University.</DIV>

Contents:

Introduction

From carvel construction to VOC shipbuilding

Site formation, excavation, and reconstruction

Hull study and description

The archaeology of Dutch oceangoing ships

Double-hull planking and sheathing

Timber used in the construction of Batavia

Analysis of Batavia's hull and construction

Conclusion

Appendix A: VOC ship construction charters

Appendix B: Catalog of Batavia hull remains

Appendix C: Terminology for dendrochronological research / by Elsemieke Hanraets.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

905969997