Daily life in the age of sail

✍ Scribed by Volo, James M.;Volo, Dorothy Denneen

Publisher: Greenwood Press
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 343
Series: Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Seaports -- 2. Sea Lanes -- 3. Navigation -- 4. Hull Down on the Horizon -- 5. The Crew -- 6. Shipboard Environment -- 7. Pastimes -- 8. Women and the Sea -- 9. The Great Trading Fleets of Europe -- 10. The Art of War at Sea -- 11. Pirates and Privateers -- 12. The Age of Fighting Sail -- 13. The American Revolution -- 14. The Sea and the States.

✦ Table of Contents

Seaports --
2. Sea Lanes --
3. Navigation --
4. Hull Down on the Horizon --
5. The Crew --
6. Shipboard Environment --
7. Pastimes --
8. Women and the Sea --
9. The Great Trading Fleets of Europe --
10. The Art of War at Sea --
11. Pirates and Privateers --
12. The Age of Fighting Sail --
13. The American Revolution --
14. The Sea and the States.

✦ Subjects

Seafaring life--History;Sailing ships--History;Navigation--History;Navigation;Sailing ships;Seafaring life;History;Seafaring life -- History;Navigation -- History;Sailing ships -- History

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