History

Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World

Paperback

Price:
$101.00/£84.00
ISBN:
Published:
Jul 14, 2014
1971
Pages:
576
Size:
6 x 9 in.

Written to replace and extend Torr’s Ancient Ships, this generously illustrated “underwater Bible” traces the art and technology of Mediterranean ships and seamanship from their first crude stages (about 3000 B.C.) to the heyday of the Byzantine fleets.

Originally published in 1971.

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