Ships and Shipping in the North Sea and Atlantic, 1400-1800

by Richard W. Unger

First published in 1997, this collection of articles, two of which hitherto only appeared in Dutch, examines the technical changes in shipbuilding, as well as new practices in shipping and fishing, from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. It seeks to show how these changes transformed the European economy and affected the relationship between the economy and governments, and to portray the process, although most dramatic in the Dutch...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138386251
• ISBN13: 9781138386259
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.6"