THE AGE OF THE GALLEY: MEDITERRANEAN OARED VESSELS SINCE PRE-CLASSICAL TIMES
Written by Robert Gardiner, John Morrison
Published by Conway Maritime Press
in 1995
ISBN: 0851775543
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- TRANSPORT
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- WARSHIP
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MEDITERRANEAN
- MILITARY
THE AGE OF THE GALLEY: MEDITERRANEAN OARED VESSELS SINCE PRE-CLASSICAL TIMES
Written by Robert Gardiner, John Morrison.
Stock no. 1829711
1st.
1995.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Conway History of the Ship. The development from the earliest paleoithic cart, some of which were paddled rather than rowed, to the classical trireme and its Roman and Byzantine successors. As a warship, the galley survived the coming of the three-masted sailing ship and adapted itself to gunpowder artillery, so later chapters are devoted to the medieval and RRenaissance fleets. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775543. A lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Paddled and Oared Ships Before the Iron Age
- 2 The Ancestry of the Triremem 1200-525 BC
- 3 The Trireme
- 4 Hellenistic Oared Warships 399-31 BC
- 5 Fleets of the Early Roman Empire, 31 BC-AD 324
- 6 Late Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Galleys and Fleets
- 7 From Dromon to Galea: Mediterranean Bireme Galleys AD 500-1300
- 8 Merchant Galleys
- 9 The Naval Architecture and Oar Systems of Ancient Galleys
- 10 The Naval Architecture and Oar Systems of Medieval and Later Galleys
- 11 Oar Mechanics and Oar Power in Ancient Galleys
- 12 Oar Mechanics and Oar Power in Medieval and Later Galleys
- 13 The Geographical Conditions of Galley Navigation in the Mediterranean
- 14 Economics and Logistics of Galley Warfare
- 15 Naval Installations
- 16 The Athenian Navy in the Fourth Century BC
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index