The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 : Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology.
Reid, Phillip.
The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 : Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (322 pages) - Technology and Change in History Series ; v.18 . - Technology and Change in History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Ship's Atlantic -- Chapter 2 The Ship: a Primer and Field Guide -- Chapter 3 From the Stocks to the Ways: Building a Ship from Contract to Launch -- Chapter 4 The Mysterious Art of the Shipwright: Deciphering Merchant Ship Design -- Chapter 5 Merchant Venturers and Merchant Ships -- Chapter 6 Sailing and Surviving: People and Labor Aboard -- Chapter 7 Working the Ship: the Technology of Operation -- Conclusion The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 -- Epilogue Ann & -- Hope in Canton-Beyond the British Atlantic -- Glossary of Terms -- Appendix 1 Basic Sails on a Square-Rigged Ship, a Sloop, and a Schooner -- Appendix 2 Full Transcription of Winne & -- Hawksworth Letter to William Jones, 17 January 1733 -- Bibliography -- Index.
In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600--1800, Phillip Reid shows how ordinary commercial vessels reflected the risk management strategies of those who designed, built, bought, and sailed them.
9789004426344
Electronic books.
VK57 / .R453 2020
The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 : Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (322 pages) - Technology and Change in History Series ; v.18 . - Technology and Change in History Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Ship's Atlantic -- Chapter 2 The Ship: a Primer and Field Guide -- Chapter 3 From the Stocks to the Ways: Building a Ship from Contract to Launch -- Chapter 4 The Mysterious Art of the Shipwright: Deciphering Merchant Ship Design -- Chapter 5 Merchant Venturers and Merchant Ships -- Chapter 6 Sailing and Surviving: People and Labor Aboard -- Chapter 7 Working the Ship: the Technology of Operation -- Conclusion The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 -- Epilogue Ann & -- Hope in Canton-Beyond the British Atlantic -- Glossary of Terms -- Appendix 1 Basic Sails on a Square-Rigged Ship, a Sloop, and a Schooner -- Appendix 2 Full Transcription of Winne & -- Hawksworth Letter to William Jones, 17 January 1733 -- Bibliography -- Index.
In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600--1800, Phillip Reid shows how ordinary commercial vessels reflected the risk management strategies of those who designed, built, bought, and sailed them.
9789004426344
Electronic books.
VK57 / .R453 2020