Global Ships : Seafaring, Shipwrecks, and Boatbuilding in the Global Middle Ages / Amanda Respess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Respess, Amanda, author.

Series:

Elements in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Elements in the Global Middle Ages Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ships, Medieval.

Shipbuilding--History--To 1500.

Shipbuilding.

Seafaring life--History--To 1500.

Seafaring life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Global Ships examines the major seafaring traditions and technologies that engendered long-distance connections across the world's oceans during the Global Middle Ages. Global Ships highlights essential historical context, technological case studies, and logics of seafaring around the world before the modern age"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

A prehistory of boatbuilding and long-distance trade networks

Austronesian boatbuilding and seafaring, Southeast Asian lashed-lug vessels

Sewn-boats from the Western Indian Ocean

Hybrid ships in China and Southeast Asia

Competition & change in the Mediterranean

Viking ships and trade vessels in Northern and Western Europe

Weaponized ships

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009343381

1009343386

9781009343404

1009343408

9781009343411

1009343416