The age of the Galley: Mediterranean Oared Vessels since pre-classical Times
by Gardiner, Robert
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0851776345
- ISBN 13
- 9780851776347
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Conway Maritime Press 1992, limited ed. no. 694/2000, vg/fine owner book plate, 256 p. ill. b/w 30 cm ; This book charts the development from the earliest paleolithic craft to the classical trireme, as well as major sections on the development and use of galleys. Included are the topics of: paddled and oared ships before the iron age, the ancestry of the trireme, the trireme, Hellenistic oared warships, fleets of the early Roman Empire, late Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic galleys and fleets, Mediterranean bireme galleys, merchant galleys, the naval architecture and oar systems of ancient, medieval, and later galleys, oar mechanics and oar power in ancient, medieval, and later galleys, galley navigation in the Mediterranean, economics and logistics of galley warfare, naval installations, and the Athenian navy in the Fourth Century BC. Heavy, over a kilo -requires more postage.
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- Title
- The age of the Galley: Mediterranean Oared Vessels since pre-classical Times
- Author
- Gardiner, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Book
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Conway's History of the ship series; Numbered and limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0851776345
- ISBN 13
- 9780851776347
- Publisher
- Conway Maritime Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Merchant ships
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