Building the Wooden Fighting Ship
Building the Wooden Fighting Ship
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1861762488 | 128 Pages | EPUB | 14 MB
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1861762488 | 128 Pages | EPUB | 14 MB
In an age before industrialization, the warship was the most complex object built by man and employed the most advanced technology of its time. Naval vessels of the period were, not surprisingly, so expensive to construct that meticulous records were kept, from the purchasing of timbers to the last details of their furnishings and armament, including even the individual names of some of the shipwrights and craftsmen.