Naval Architecture (History)
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RELACIONES INTERCOLONIALES Nueva España y Filipinas, (coordinador Jaime Olveda Legaspi), COLJAL, 2017. Ivan Valdez-Bubnov "El navío de 70 cañones de González Cabrera Bueno (1734): ¿Un modelo tecnológico propio de la carrera de Filipinas?,... more
In ogni tempo, nell'antichità come nella più recente tradizione marinaresca, l'arte della navigazione condensa quel complesso di conoscenze e di capacità specifiche con cui i naviganti guidano il corso della nave. La straordinaria... more
ABSTRACT: How it was more than just the Buccaneer bomber, that came into existence as a response to the Soviet construction of surface raiding capable Cruisers, such as the Sverdlov class, during the 1950s.
The purpose of this study is to understand the political, social, economic and military factors that shaped the evolution of Spanish shipbuilding for the Acapulco-Manila trade route under the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties (1571-1815). It... more
The volume is the publication of the proceedings of the international colloquium ‘La batellerie égyptienne’ (The Egyptian River Craft) held in Alexandria in June 2010. Organized by the Centre d’Études Alexandrines, the event brought... more
A lo largo de su historia el Imperio romano tuvo que hacer frente a numerosas revueltas, debido al enorme territorio que controlaba. De entre los pueblos que las protagonizaron, los hebreos se contaban entre los que con mayor insistencia... more
This paper will present an unpublished document preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice and datable to the second half of the sixteenth century. It deals the technical description of two ships, a galleon and a naveta. The... more
En el S. XVI mares y océanos se habían convertido en ajetreadas zonas de paso, confrontación, exploración, etc. por las que pululaban armadas, corsarios, piratas, comerciantes y aventureros tanto de coronas europeas como de reinos... more
Review of Éric Rieth, Le maitre-gabarit, la tablette et le trébuchet. Essai sur la conception non-graphique des carènes du Moyen Age au XXe siècle. Paris, CTHS, 1996.
Los numerosos rasgos sorprendentes de los templos griegos antiguos se entienden como algo natural si suponemos que los templos proceden de barcos de guerra reales, no metafóricos, volteados y varados sobre soportes (hay suficientes... more
The Swedish warship Mars was considered to have been one of the largest ships in the world when it exploded and sank in 1564. The problem is that no written accounts clearly reveal its dimensions. This article reviews how different... more
Evidence for Ancient Egyptian boatbuilding during the Late Period (664-332 BC) is very scarce and thus the description of Herodotus (“Histories” II.96, c.450 BC) of the local Egyptian boat called “baris” is of great interest. Different... more
Tipi navali nei Regesti marittimi croati del XVIII secolo La presentazione espone tutti i tipi di navi con cui si viaggiava nel Mare Adriatico nel corso del XVIII secolo. L’analisi parte dalle fonti dei Regesti marittimi croati, voll.... more
The article gives preliminary information on the shipwrecks of the submerged Egyptian city of Heracleion-Thonis excavated by the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology (IEASM). Underwater surveys started in 1996 in the Bay of Abukir... more
A sea route is more than a simple path between obstacles formed by Nature. Harbour installations, fortifications, customs offices, and umpteen other expressions of material culture formed the architecture of the sea routes – an... more
In this dissertation, I argue against the conventional view that economic activity during the Archaic Period of Greek history (8th c. to the early 5th c. BCE) was a by-product of broader social and political developments, but instead... more
In 2005 and 2006 the remains of great armed vessels dated from the 16th century were discovered within an archaeological survey framework led by the Société d'Etudes en Archéologie Subaquatique (SEAS) in Saint-Florent Bay (north Corsica,... more
This article complements the archaeological account of the so‐called ‘Edesö Wreck’ with archival research that has led to its identification. In 1659 the Swedish King Karl X Gustav ordered a number of vessels for transport of horses and... more
The paper describes the pilot activity conducted in the contest of BLUEMED project to create an interactive virtual scenario of the underwater site of the Peristera Shipwreck. The wreck lies just off the coast of Peristera, an uninhabited... more
This is a paper devoted to the ancient naval battle of Artemisio in Evia Island Greece. It is a business plan sought to reveal ancient findings from the bottom of the sea and place it on a museum.
The paper deals with the discovery of an unpublished project by means of a surface assault boat in the Archive of the Historical Office of the Italian Navy. Made in January 1915, the project predates Italy’s entry into the First World War... more
This study focuses on the construction of the largest ship produced in the new shipyard in Belém, the Ship of the line Nossa Senhora de Belém e S. José (1766-1805) by the shipbuilder Luís Isidoro de Gouveia, whose history is closely... more
Este trabajo analiza la problemática habida durante el reinado de Felipe II en torno a la jefatura de la maestranza de la fábrica de galeras de Barcelona. En pleno auge en la lucha contra los musulmanes por el control del Mediterráneo, el... more
This volume presents the results of the analysis of the Princes Channel Wreck, a 16th-century merchant vessel, later to be termed the Gresham Ship, a working name assigned to the wreck after the English merchant and financier Sir Thomas... more
Artículo dedicado a los acorazados Rivadavia y Moreno de la Armada Argentina.
This monograph was written for the Maritime Archaeological Association of New Zealand (MAANZ) and the Friends of the Cerberus in order to promote the preservation of this historic vessel. The monograph examines the significance of the... more
Archaeologist Joel Klenck elucidates why the discovery of prehistoric sites associated with Noah’s Ark occurred in the last decade.
During the sixteenth century the polarized Mediterranean Sea was populated like never before with galleys, which became the main instrument for waging the war. The Christian-Muslim confrontation, led by the Hispanic Monarchy and the... more
The remains of a Roman barge were found in 1981 in the River Stella, Udine, Italy. Its cargo consisted mainly of roof tiles. It was excavated in 1998 and 1999, and detailed recording of the hull, and a second wooden structure, was... more
Bosham, a quiet waterside village, five miles to the west of Chichester was, during the early to mid-11th century, the largest naval port in the country. The evidence is overwhelming with both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and the Bayeux... more
Research in the Swedish military archives has revealed the identity of the 'Edesö Wreck' as the Bodekull belonging to the Swedish navy. The vessel was one of around 45 struss vessels ordered by King Karl X Gustav in 1659 to be used to... more
Archaeologist Joel Klenck reports prehistoric site on Mount Ararat in Turkey exhibits no direct evidence for metal artifacts although a context on a decomposing wood wall might indicate residue from a copper or bronze artifact.
"For the reconstruction of the military Mycenaean world scarcely we possess the information extracted from diverse slats written in Linear B, as well as the remains of some pictorial representations and scanty archaeological remains... more