The merchant ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 : continuity and innovation in a key technology

The merchant ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800 : continuity and innovation in a key technology / by Phillip Reid.

"In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800, Phillip Reid refutes the long-held assumption that merchant ship technology in the British Atlantic during the two centuries of its development was static for all intents and purposes, and that whatever incremental changes took place in...

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Main Author: Reid, Phillip, 1967- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Technology and change in history ; v. 18.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Merchant ships > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Merchant ships > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Sailing ships > Design and construction > History > 17th century.
Sailing ships > Design and construction > History > 18th century.
Merchant ships
Sailing ships > Design and construction
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Ship's Atlantic
  • 2. The Ship: A Primer and Field Guide
  • 3. From the Stocks to the Ways: Building a Ship from Contract to Launch
  • 4. The Mysterious Art of the Shipwright: Deciphering Merchant Ship Design
  • 5. Merchant Venturers and Merchant Ships
  • 6. Sailing and Surviving: People and Labor Aboard
  • 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
  • Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix 2: Basic sails on early and late square-rigged ships, a sloop, and a schooner
  • Appendix 3: Full transcription of Winne & Hawksworth letter to William Jones, 17 January 1733
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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