The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600–1800: Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology: Technology and Change in History, cartea 18
Autor Phillip Reiden Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 apr 2020
Drawing on a unique combination of evidence from both traditional and unconventional sources, Phillip Reid shows how merchants, shipwrights, and mariners used both proven principles and adaptive innovations in hulls, rigs, and steering systems to manage high physical and financial risks.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004424081
ISBN-10: 9004424083
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Technology and Change in History
ISBN-10: 9004424083
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Technology and Change in History
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
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
Glossary of Terms
Appendix 1: Basic Sails on a Square-Rigged Ship, a Sloop, and a Schooner
Appendix 2: Full Transcription of Winne & Hawksworth Letter to William Jones, 17 January 1733
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures and Tables
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
Glossary of Terms
Appendix 1: Basic Sails on a Square-Rigged Ship, a Sloop, and a Schooner
Appendix 2: Full Transcription of Winne & Hawksworth Letter to William Jones, 17 January 1733
Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
Phillip Reid, Ph.D. (2017), Memorial University of Newfoundland, is an independent scholar. He has published articles on the early modern British Atlantic merchant ship in maritime, transport, and material history journals and edited collections.