Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series – serie
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Serce Limani
An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck Vol. 1, the Ship and Its Anchorage, Crew, and Passengers
Av George F. Bass, Sheila Matthews m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1456 kr
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For almost a millennium, a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Serce Limani, Turkey, filled with evidence of trade and objects of daily life. The ship, now excavated by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University, trafficked in both the Byzantine and Islamic worlds …
Life and Times of the Steamboat Red Cloud
Or, How Merchants, Mounties, and the Missouri Transformed the West
Inbunden, 2006
536 kr
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In July 1882, the steamboat Red Cloud hit a snag near Fort Peck, Montana, and settled into the bed of the Missouri River with a full cargo. The flagship of I. G. Baker and Company, it had served as an agent of change in the West through which it traveled. The Red Cloud was a symbol - and a source - …
Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant
Häftad, 2008
557 kr
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In ""Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age"" Levant Shelley Wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern Mediterranean cultures took to the sea - and how they evolved as a result. The author surveys the blue-water ships of the Egyptians, …
Sea of Galilee Boat
Häftad, 2009
253 kr
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On a cold, cloudy day in early February 1985, Shelley Wachsmann, then resident nautical archaeologist for the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums, drove to Kibbutz Ginosar, an agricultural settlement near the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Two brothers, avid amateur archaeologists, had …
Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age
Av A. J. Hoving
Inbunden, 2012
1398 kr
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In Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age, Hoving, master model builder for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, sorts out the steps in Witsen’s method for building a seventeenth-century pinas by following them and building a model of the vessel.
Coffins of the Brave
Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812
Inbunden, 2014
702 kr
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In Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812, archaeologist Kevin J. Crisman and his fellow contributors examine sixteen different examples of 1812-era naval and commercial shipbuilding. They range from four small prewar vessels to four 16- or 20-gun brigs, three warships of much …
Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire
Inbunden, 2015
595 kr
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In The Origins of the Lost Fleet of the Mongol Empire, Randall Sasaki provides a starting point for understanding the technology of the failed Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281 CE, as well as the history of shipbuilding in East Asia. He has created a timber category database, analyzed methods of …
Confederate Saboteurs
Building the Hunley and Other Secret Weapons of the Civil War
Inbunden, 2015
412 kr
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Facing an insurmountable deficit in resources compared to the Union navy, the Confederacy resorted to unorthodox forms of warfare to combat enemy forces.Perhaps the most energetic and effective torpedo corps and secret service company organized during the American Civil War, the Singer Secret …
La Belle
The Archaeology of a Seventeenth-Century Vessel of New World Colonization
Av James E. Bruseth, Amy A. Borgens m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1108 kr
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In 1995, Texas Historical Commission underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of La Salle’s La Belle, remnant of an ill-fated French attempt to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River that landed instead along today’s Matagorda Bay in Texas. During 1996–1997, the Commission …
Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor
Av James P. Delgado, Terry Kerby m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
528 kr
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“One of the last remaining and persistent mysteries of the Pearl Harbor attack is that of the Japanese Midget Submarines. It is a fascinating story of innovation, courage, secrets, and failed expectations. And it is not only a story of the morning hours of December 7, but of the years before to …
Shore Is a Bridge
The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Lake Ontario
Inbunden, 2018
875 kr
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With humans moving easily from water to land, the archaeology of the shore should likewise be seamless. This principle of the “seamlessness” of human interaction with the maritime environment undergirds author Ben Ford’s sweeping survey. In The Shore Is a Bridge: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of …
Ghost Galleon
The Discovery and Archaeology of the San Juanillo on the Shores of Baja California
Av Edward Von der Porten, Von der Porten Family Living Trust
Inbunden, 2019
702 kr
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Ghost Galleon tells the story of archaeologists' twenty-year search on a desolate beach in Baja California for the enigmatic remains of a Spanish galleon that disappeared without a trace more than four centuries ago. Carrying a cargo of Asian riches to the New World, Manila galleons forged the …
Ships' Fastenings
From Sewn Boat to Steamship
Inbunden, 2022
877 kr
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Without effective and durable hull fastenings, boats and ships—from the earliest days of seafaring through the twentieth century—could not have plied the seas.In this second edition of Ships’ Fastenings: From Sewn Boat to Steamship, author Michael McCarthy amplifies and extends his thorough …
Studying the Princess Carolina
Anatomy of the Ship That Held Up Wall Street
Inbunden, 2023
616 kr
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In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. Uncertain what they had found or what its significance might be, they called in nautical archaeologist Warren C. Riess to direct the …
From Whaler to Clipper Ship
Henry Gillespie, Down East Captain
Inbunden, 2023
963 kr
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Captain Henry Gillespie (1857–1937), of Portland, Maine, went to sea as a young man of 17, serving as “able-bodied seaman” on a New Bedford whaler. Over the next 47 years he would advance to deck officer, then master of sailing and steam ships. He was commissioned as an officer in the US Navy …
From Caligula to the Nazis
The Nemi Ships in Diana's Sanctuary
Inbunden, 2023
761 kr
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The saga of Caligula’s barges sunk in Lake Nemi south of Rome—how the huge vessels came to be there in the first place; why they became a cause cÉlÈbre for Mussolini’s Fascist regime; how they were, after multiple attempts, recovered from the lake bed; and why they were shortly thereafter …
Nautical Archaeology
Inbunden, 2024
761 kr
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Originally published as L’archéologie navale by Editions Errance/Actes Sud (Arles, France) in 2005, this new revised and expanded edition is in a condensed and accessible form that highlights many of the principles currently guiding research in nautical archaeology around the world. Well suited for …
Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts Off Hahotrim, Israel
Inbunden, 2024
819 kr
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During an inspection dive in 1980 along Israel’s Mediterranean coast off of Kibbutz Hahotrim, Shelley Wachsmann, then Inspector of Antiquities for the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums (now the Israel Antiquities Authority), discovered artifacts on a section of seabed swept clear of sand …
Captain Drew's World
Dispatches from the Age of Global Sail
Av William H. Bunting, W. H. Bunting m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
611 kr
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From 1877 to 1889, as Captain John H. Drew plied the world's oceans aboard the full-rigged ship Sea Witch of Boston, he wrote lengthy dispatches to the Boston Journal. He was a man of action and intellect who crafted closely observed, empathic prose, well-salted with dry wit. Drew described his …
Pepper Wreck
A Portuguese Indiaman at the Mouth of the Tagus River
Inbunden, 2005
703 kr
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In 1606, a Portuguese ship, Nossa Senhora dos Martires, put into Lisbon laden with peppercorns, porcelain, and other products from Cochin. A large vessel for the time, the merchantman displaced twelve hundred tons and carried three to four masts. The ship foundered during a storm in a northern …
Homeric Seafaring
Av Samuel Mark
Inbunden, 2005
703 kr
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In this history of Homer's references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. In discussing and clarifying the terms used by Homer, Mark refers to scholarly literature as well as examples from …
Life and Times of the Steamboat Red Cloud
Or, How Merchants, Mounties, and the Missouri Transformed the West
Häftad, 2006
224 kr
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In July 1882, the steamboat Red Cloud hit a snag near Fort Peck, Montana, and settled into the bed of the Missouri River with a full cargo. The flagship of I. G. Baker and Company, it had served as an agent of change in the West through which it traveled. The Red Cloud was a symbol - and a source - …
Ships from the Depths
Deepwater Archaeology
Inbunden, 2011
528 kr
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Deepwater archaeology uncovers secrets from the ancient maritime past . . .Thousands of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie undiscovered in deep water, potentially holding important clues to our maritime past. Scientists have explored only a small percentage of the oceans' depths, as 98 percent …
Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context
Inbunden, 2012
875 kr
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When Shelley Wachsmann began his analysis of the small ship model excavated by assistants of famed Egyptologist W. M. F. Petrie in Gurob, Egypt, in 1920, he expected to produce a brief monograph that would shed light on the model and the ship type that it represented. Instead, Wachsmann discovered …
Ship That Held Up Wall Street
The Ronson Ship Wreck
Inbunden, 2014
340 kr
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In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. Uncertain of what they had found or what its value might be, they called in two nautical archaeologists—Warren Riess and Sheli Smith—to …
Maritime Studies in the Wake of the Byzantine Shipwreck at Yassiada, Turkey
Av Deborah N. Carlson, Sarah M. Kampbell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
875 kr
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In 2007 a symposium was held at Texas A&M University to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Texas A&M University Press's publication of the first volume reporting the Yassiada shipwreck site. Seventeen papers from that symposium featured in this book broadly illustrate such varied topics as …
Shipwrecked in Paradise
Cleopatra’s Barge in Hawai‘i
Inbunden, 2015
470 kr
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The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra’s Barge, endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king’s personal yacht.The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary transport, pirate ship, getaway vehicle, instrument …
Caligula’s Barges and the Renaissance Origins of Nautical Archaeology Under Water
Inbunden, 2016
759 kr
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Sometime around 1446 A.D., Cardinal Prospero Colonna commissioned engineer Battista Alberti to raise two immense Roman vessels from the bottom of the lago di Nemi, just south of Rome. By that time, local fishermen had been fouling their nets and occasionally recovering stray objects from the sunken …
