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The merchant ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 : continuity and innovation in a key technology /
"In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800, Phillip Reid refutes the long-held assumption that merchant ship technology in the British Atlantic during the two centuries of its development was static for all intents and purposes, and that whatever incremental changes took place in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Technology and change in history ;
v. 18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. A Ship's Atlantic
- 2. The Ship: A Primer and Field Guide
- 3. From the Stocks to the Ways: Building a Ship from Contract to Launch
- 4. The Mysterious Art of the Shipwright: Deciphering Merchant Ship Design
- 5. Merchant Venturers and Merchant Ships
- 6. Sailing and Surviving: People and Labor Aboard
- 7. Working the Ship: The Technology of Operation
- Conclusion: The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800
- Epilogue: Ann & Hope in Canton-Beyond the British Atlantic
- Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix 2: Basic sails on early and late square-rigged ships, a sloop, and a schooner
- Appendix 3: Full transcription of Winne & Hawksworth letter to William Jones, 17 January 1733
- Bibliography
- Index.