1991, ISBN: 9780691014777

Princeton Paperbacks, 1991. Paperback. Like new. Like new softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. ( 6 x 0.74 x 9 inches) Clean text free of marks of underlining. B&W illustrations and photo pl… More...

Princeton Paperbacks, 1991. Paperback. Like new. Like new softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. ( 6 x 0.74 x 9 inches) Clean text free of marks of underlining. B&W illustrations and photo plates. Includes maps, table of dates, notes and an index. 299 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The Ancient Mariners has long served the needs of all who are interested in the sea, from the casual reader to the professional historian. Lionel Casson, the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring, has done what no other author has: he has put in a single volume the story of all that the ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire. He explains how they perfected trading vessels from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a thousand tons, how they transformed warships from simple oared transports into complex rowing machines holding hundreds of marines and even heavy artillery, and how their maritime commerce progressed from short cautious voyages to a network that reached from Spain to India. In the process he corrects cherished but erroneous beliefs. Ancient warships, he shows, were never manned with slave rowers; ancient merchantmen did not stick timidly to the shore; and ancient craft were well able to sail against the wind. The presentation is based on all available sources of information, from the results of multitudinous archaeological excavations to statements in government pronouncements carved on stone or casual remarks in obscure business documents written on fragile papyrus. This new edition represents a total revision that takes into account the fresh information that has appeared since the book was first published in 1959, especially the findings of archaeology's latest branch, marine archaeology. Few pages have been left unchanged, many sections have been added, some chapters have been wholly rewritten, and numerous new illustrations are included., Princeton Paperbacks, 1991, 5<

1991, ISBN: 0691014779

[EAN: 9780691014777], Near Fine, [PU: Princeton University Press], Only fault is a blind embossed name stamp on the title page. Otherwise as new. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing … More...

[EAN: 9780691014777], Near Fine, [PU: Princeton University Press], Only fault is a blind embossed name stamp on the title page. Otherwise as new. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing from opening. Pages are tight clean with no marks. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading., Books<