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The colour blue in historic shipbuilding
The use of the colour blue in historical shipbuilding raises many questions. Which pigments and colours were available and how were they used? What was used in shipbuilding? Join us on a fascinating journey back over 5,500 years from the discovery of the first blue pigments to modern times. A wealth of sources and pictorial materials round off the well-researched text. Be surprised by the long history of the colour blue and its rôle in shipbuilding.
The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600–1800
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 it were inconsequential to the development of the British Empire and its offshoots. 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. Listen also to the podcast where the author is interviewed about the book for New Books Network and the podcast with Liz Covart for Ben Franklin’s World by clicking here.
Down the River to the Sea
This well-presented volume presents fifty papers, forming the proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology held in Gdansk in 1997. Divided into eight sections, the contributors examine: boat and ship archaeology in central and eastern Europe; new evidence from the antique world; reconstructions of vessels, including Minoan and Roman boats and the Hjortsprint boat; local European boats, including small vessels from Norway and Israel; extra-European vessles; prehistoric and early medieval vessels; European ships through the centuries; and final thoughts. The papers are well illustrated and all in English.
The Mariner's Mirror
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Boats, Ships and Shipyards
From sewn planked boats in Early Dynastic Egypt to Late Roman wrecks in Italy, and the design of Venetian Merchant Galleys, this huge volume gathers together fifty-three papers presenting new research on the archaeology and history of ancient ships and shipbuilding traditions. The papers have been grouped into several thematic sections, including: ships of the Mediterranean; the reconstruction of ancient ships, from life-size reconstructions to computer models; the study of shipyards, shipsheds and slipways of the Mediterranean and Europe; Venetian Galleys of the 15th and 16th centuries; and North European medieval and post -medieval ships. These papers which were presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA), held in Venice 2000. Carlo Beltrame is a freelance archaeologist and contract professor of Maritime archaeology at Università Ca' Foscari of Venice and of Naval archaeology at Universita della Tuscia of Viterbo. He specializes in the archaeology of ship-construction from antiquity until the Renaissance period and methodology in maritime archaeology.
Der Festungskurier
Im Spätherbst finden seit dem Jahr 2000 regelmäßig Tage der Landesgeschichte in der Festung Dömitz statt, bei denen Historikerinnen und Historiker der Universität Rostock und der Regionen des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern über relevante Themen der Landesgeschichte referieren und diskutieren. Der fruchtbare Erfahrungsaustausch wird durch das Ambiente der Festung sehr gefördert. Die Tagungsbeiträge erscheinen seit 2001 jährlich im "Festungskurier". 19 Bände liegen bereits vor; sie sind im Museumsshop der Festung Dömitz erhältlich, dort finden sich auch Inhaltsangaben (http://www.festung-doemitz.de/). Der Band 20 ist dem 30. Jahrestag der Grenzöffnung 1989 gewidmet. Vier Beiträge ...
Understanding Surveillance Technologies
Understanding Surveillance Technologies demystifies spy devices and describes how technology is used to observe and record intimate details of people‘s lives often without their knowledge or consent. From historical origins to current applications, it explains how satellites, pinhole cameras, cell phone and credit card logs, DNA kits, tiny m
Cultures in Contact
The exhibition "Beyond Babylon : Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.," held in 2008 - 2009 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, demonstrated the cultural enrichment that emerged from the intensive interaction of civilizations from western Asia to Egypt and the Aegean in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. During this critical period in human history, powerful kingdoms and large territorial states were formed. Rising social elites created a demand for copper and tin, as well as for precious gold and silver and exotic materials such as lapis lazuli and ivory to create elite objects fashioned in styles that reflected contacts with foreign lands. This quest for metals--along with ...
