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.
Looking at a time when beer was often a nutritional necessity, was sometimes used as medicine, could be flavored with everything from the bark of fir trees to... Læs mere
Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans... Læs mere