EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP

EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

The first volume in the "Keynote Studies from 'The Mariner's Mirror'", this book deals with the evolution of the sailing ship through the medieval and Renaissance periods. It describes the development of the sailing ship in both Northern and Southern Europe.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP by Basil Greenhill

"The Mariner's Mirror", the journal of The Society for Nautical Research, first appeared in 1911. In its early pages, the founders of the Society published a mass of writing which laid the foundation for much of the maritime research which has been carried out in the last 80 years. The scarcity of these early volumes and wide variety of the material found in them has inspired the Society to edit a series of anthologies covering specific themes, and the first one to appear deals with the evolution of the sailing ship through the medieval and Renaissance periods. By extracting the best of the material, re-ordering it and adding the notes and queries which appeared in the same issues, the editor of this volume has created a narrative which describes the development of the sailing ship in both Northern and Southern Europe. Amongst the contributors are R. Morton Nance, H.I. Brindley and Geoffrey Callender, who are viewed as the fathers of modern maritime research. For those who have an interest in the story of the development of the sailing ship, these extracts should be a useful reference for enthusiasts and historians alike.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780851776552
ISBN 10 0851776558
Title EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP
Author Basil Greenhill
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1996-01-30
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.