Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (eBook)

Lionel Casson (Autor)

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2014
576 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5346-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Actium • Aeneid • Aeschylus • Aethiopia • ancient art • Ancient Egypt • Ancient history • Ancient Rome • Armed merchantman • artemidorus • Balearic Islands • barque • battle of actium • Battle of Naulochus • bireme • boat • boat building • Brail • Byzantine navy • Capital ship • Carthage • Carvel (boat building) • Catalogue of Ships • Cleopatra's Barge • Cyrenaica • Demetrius I of Macedon • Dromon • Euripides • Fire ship • Galley • geryon • Greek Ship • Gunwale • Halyard • Hellenic Navy • Hellenistic-era warships • Hellenistic period • helmsman • Hephaestion • Herodotus • Hiero II of Syracuse • home port • houseboat • Isthmus of Corinth • Kyrenia ship • Ladby ship • Lateen • maiden voyage • Mainsail • Maritime History • Mast (sailing) • Medinet Habu (temple) • Merchant vessel • minoan civilization • Naval architecture • Naval History • naval tactics • naval warfare • Navy • Nemi ships • Peloponnese • Peloponnesian War • Penteconter • Periplus • Periplus of the Erythraean Sea • Pontoon bridge • prow • Ptolemaic Kingdom • Roman Empire • Roman Naval Warfare • Roman navy • Royal Navy • rudder • Sailing • Sailing ship • Sea anchor • sea captain • Sea lane • seamanship • Sewn boat • Ship • Shipbuilding • Ship of the line • Ship's boat • Ship's company • Ship's doctor • Siege of Tyre (332 BC) • Squadron (naval) • Steering oar • Strait of Gibraltar • Strait of Messina • thalassocracy • The Last Voyage • Thucydides • trireme • tugboat • Underwater Archaeology • Venetian navy • Warping (sailing) • warship
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5346-X / 140085346X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5346-5 / 9781400853465