Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages

by Dirk Meier

Book Overview

The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade, to conquer and plunder. Without maps or compasses, they steered by the sun or by landmarks on the coast. Nevertheless they discovered Iceland and North America and explored the rivers that flowed through Europe and Russia into the Black Sea.

With the Frisians and the Vikings, extensive trade routes, better ships, larger harbours...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843835126
• ISBN13: 9781843835127
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.3"