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Title Heritage and the sea. Volume 1, Maritime history and archaeology of the global Iberian world (15th-18th Centuries) / Ana Crespo Solana, Filipe Castro, Nigel Nayling, editors
Published Cham : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (376 pages)
Contents Chapter1. Remains of the shipwreck: an introduction to the Iberian maritime and underwater landscape -- Chapter2. A paradigm of inter and multidisciplinary research: The ForSEAdiscovery project as a case study -- Chapter3. Life and Death in the Spanish Carrera de Indias: ships, merchants, cargoes and routes -- Chapter4. Iberian Ships of the Early Modern Period -- Chapter5. Ship Types in Portugal -- Chapter6. The Iberian Peninsula between two Seas: Shipbuilding Revolution in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, 14th-15th centuries -- Chapter7. An insight into Mediterranean naval architecture in the 16th century through the texts of Nicolò Sagri (1538-1571). A comparative perspective with Ibero-Atlantic shipbuilding -- Chapter8. From the Baltic Sea to Andalusia: North European timber (and traders) in 16th-century Seville -- Chapter9. Supplying timber for His Majesty's fleets: forest resources and maritime struggle in Portugal (1621-1634) -- Chapter10. Historical Documents as sources for the study of shipbuilding in Spain -- Chapter11. Iberian Documents and Treaties on shipbuilding -- Chapter12. Maritime vocabulary in texts: Fray Joseph de Ledesma (1701) -- Chapter13. GIS application on 16th-18th centuries Iberian Shipwrecks
Summary This two-volume set highlights the importance of Iberian shipbuilding in the centuries of the so-called first globalization (15th to 18th), in confluence with an unprecedented extension of ocean navigation and seafaring and a greater demand for natural resources (especially timber), mostly oak (Quercus spp.) and Pine (Pinus spp.). The chapters are framed in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary line of research that integrates history, Geographic Information Sciences, underwater archaeology, dendrochronology and wood provenance techniques. This line of research was developed during the ForSEAdiscovery project, which had a great impact in the academic and scientific world and brought together experts from Europe and America. The volumes deliver a state-of-the-art review of the latest lines of research related to Iberian maritime history and archaeology and their developing interdisciplinary interaction with dendroarchaeology. This synthesis combines an analysis of historical sources, the systematic study of wreck-remains and material culture related to Iberian seafaring from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and the application of earth sciences, including dendrochronology. The set can be used as a manual or work guide for experts and students, and will also be an interesting read for non-experts interested in the subject. Volume 1 focuses on the history and archaeology of seafaring and shipbuilding in the Iberian early modern world, complemented by case studies on timber trade and supply for shipbuilding, analysis of shipbuilding treatises, and the application of Geographic Information Systems and Databases (GIS) to the study of shipwrecks
Notes Includes index
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Subject Shipbuilding -- Spain -- History
Shipbuilding -- Portugal -- History
Shipbuilding
Portugal
Spain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Crespo Solana, Ana
Castro, Filipe Vieira de, 1960-
Nayling, Nigel
ISBN 9783030864606
303086460X
Other Titles Maritime history and archaeology of the global Iberian world (15th-18th Centuries)