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Sailing into the past learning from replica ships

Until recently, there was little practical knowledge of the ships of the distant past. We could only surmise as to the manner in which a Viking ship sailed or how fast a Greek trireme could be rowed. The building of accurate replicas over the past generation has changed all that, and what has been l...

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Other Authors: Bennett, Jenny (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press 2009
Subjects:
Sailing ships > Reproductions
Sailing ships > Models
Sailing ships > History
Marine engineering > History
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Table of Contents:
  • The rise of the replica
  • Sailing into the past
  • Experimental archaeology : replicas and reconstructions
  • Measuring performance under sail
  • The trireme
  • The Viking ships of Skuldelev
  • The Hanseatic cog
  • The caravel
  • Early seventeenth-century ships
  • The Jamestown replicas
  • Bezaisen : Japan's coastal sailing traders
  • The schooner Sultana
  • HM Bark Endeavour
  • The Pride of Baltimore

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