Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Beyond Europe

by Sean McGrail

Book Overview

In this book, Professor McGrail's study of European Water Transport (published in 2014) is extended to Egypt, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, China, Australia, Oceania and the Americas. Each chapter presents a picture of ancient boat building and seafaring that is as accurate and as comprehensive as it is now possible to achieve. The early rafts and boats of those regions were, as in Europe, hand-built from natural materials and were propelled and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473825598
• ISBN13: 9781473825598
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Archaeology
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"