The Ship

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THE SHIP is a unique series of ten books about the development of merchant vessels and specialized vessels of war, from the earliest times to the present day. Each book is a selfcontained study by a leading authority on one aspect of the whole subject, dealt with in realistic terms that are detailed, accurate and up-to-date. Each breaks new ground, incorporates the latest available information, summarizes the most recent thinking and is illustrated where possible from contemporary sources. Commissioned and produced jointly by the National Maritime Museum, whose Director, Dr Basil Greenhill, is the series General Editor, and by HMSO, the ten books represent the most authoritative short history of the ship ever published. In 'Rafts, Boats and Ships: From Prehistoric Times to the Medieval Era' Sean McGrail begins this series with a comprehensive study of the early development of ships all over the world. The fascinating evidence for the account he gives has been drawn from an... Tovább

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THE SHIP is a unique series of ten books about the development of merchant vessels and specialized vessels of war, from the earliest times to the present day. Each book is a selfcontained study by a leading authority on one aspect of the whole subject, dealt with in realistic terms that are detailed, accurate and up-to-date. Each breaks new ground, incorporates the latest available information, summarizes the most recent thinking and is illustrated where possible from contemporary sources. Commissioned and produced jointly by the National Maritime Museum, whose Director, Dr Basil Greenhill, is the series General Editor, and by HMSO, the ten books represent the most authoritative short history of the ship ever published. In 'Rafts, Boats and Ships: From Prehistoric Times to the Medieval Era' Sean McGrail begins this series with a comprehensive study of the early development of ships all over the world. The fascinating evidence for the account he gives has been drawn from an exceptionally wide rangé of sources, literary, ethnographic, iconographic and archaeological. The vessels he describes are of many types, including reed rafts, logboats, skin boats and planked craft. They are, too, the products of many traditions, Chinese and Polynesian, for instance, as well as Celtic and Viking. Dr McGrail, Chief Archaeologist at the National Maritime Museum, is alsó Head of the Museum's Archaeological Research Centre. Vissza