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Ships and Shipwrecks

Humankind's first steps into an 'alien' environment was to travel by water, but that occurred so long ago that how people learnt to undertake it safely is not known. Yet an archaeological record of how water travel was achieved does exist, and is been constantly being added to from thousands of sites of maritime importance that are found around Britain.

Using documentary and pictorial evidence alongside the rich archaeological findings, Peter Marsden tells the story of these time capsules of the past, and through them of the development of ships and seafaring in Britain: the history and controversial nature of maritime archaeology in Britain; evidence of the oldest boats, dating back to prehistoric times; a Roman ship found in London that is the earliest seagoing sailing ship in northern Europe; the first British navy - of the 2nd century AD; major changes in the medieval period, from the Sutton Hoo ship to a fifteenth-century sailing barge; the impact of global trade and the East India Company wrecks; form wood to iron, from sail to steam: the Cutty Sark and the Great Britain.

This is the first detailed summary of nautical discoveries in Britain, from prehistoric times to 1917. 

12 colour, 100 b/w illustrations, 128 pages, 248 x 187 mm. Paperback.

Price: £15.99 + £3.00 p&p U. K. (Ref: b0217)