Description and condition:
Hardback, dustcover, 4to, 143pp, bibliography, glossary, index, b/w illustrations.
Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good dustcover.
Contents:
The beginnings of boatbuilding in Central Europe; Bronze Age Northwest Europe; sailing ships of the ancient Mediterranean; Celtic plank boats and ships 500 BC - AD 1000; proto-Viking, Viking and Norse craft; Arabia to China - the Oriental traditions. Problems of reconstruction and the estimation of performance; early shiphandling and navigation in Northern Europe.