The Age of the Galley: Mediterranean Oared Vessels Since Pre-Classical Times (Conway's History of the Ship)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155750024X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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An unprecedented line-up of over one hundred leading maritime historians and specialists from around the world has been assembled to ensure that the work is informative, authoritative, and fully international in outlook. Each volume adopts a strong theme which allows it to stand alone, but throughout the series a strict chronological sequence has been maintained. From the Publisher CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP The ship is probably the most influential tool in human history and it continues to exert a widespread and persistent fascination. Every significant
However, for fleets to be more effective than collections of individual vessels, they needed training and organization, from which the first state-funded navies were to develop. However, as a warship, the galley survived the coming of the three-masted sailing ship and even adapted itself to gunpowder artillery, so later chapters are devoted to the medieval and Renaissance fleets that served the later maritime powers in the Mediterranean. Oars provided a level of control and maneuverabilty beyond the capabilities of the contemporary sailing ship, and not experienced again until the era of the screw propeller. The principal historical chapters are backed by more general sections on the design and oar system of galleys, on the organization and infrastructure of galley fleets, and on non-military applications of the galley. Precise control allowed squadrons and fleets to operate together, as a unit, which promoted the evolution of earlier fighting tactics. THE AGE OF THE GALLEY charts thi
"A Wealth of Information" according to John G. Sims. The appearance of this book is deceptive. The full-color illustration on the oversized cover indicates a volume dedicated more to color plates than to substantive text. No impression could be further from the truth. THE AGE OF THE GALLEY is a well-organized series of chapters, each written by real experts in the field, such as trireme specialist John Coates and the brilliant John H. Pryor.Because each chapter has a different author, the quality isn't uniform; I found the chapter on medieval naval architecture to be a little obscure.Overall, however, this book is an excellent single-source colle. Fascinating, but complex and technical JPS If you are interested in naval warfare in the Mediterannean , then this is the book for you. It might also be a good fit for a student, or even a novelist writting historical fiction related to naval warfare under oars. All this to say that, while this collection of studies are of high quality, they are also rather complex and highly technical.One of the main merits of this book is to show the severe limitations that oar vessels were faced with. They were not very seaworthy. They were not very fast and even at battle or ramming speed, they did not exceed 7 to 8 knots per hour, a speed they coul. S. E. Bradfield said Yet Another Vital Part Of Naval History. All of Conway's History Of The Ship Series are the same: a collection of articles by different experts in the same field, all of them packed with information about the subject at hand. Here you will find all the minute details of history, construction, sailing, pretty much everything that is known. Each expert goes into great depth concerning his field, and they are universally thorough, detailing not only their own discoveries and opinions, but also those of others who disagree with them. This is very refreshing in a historical work, and helps educate the unenlightened in a way I haven't seen