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The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor. The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship "Catharine".
Burns, Jason M. (Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, St.Augustine, Florida, Usa)
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Description for The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor. The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship "Catharine".
Hardback. Provides the history of the ship "Catharine" and the economic, social and political environments in which the ship was built and employed. This work also delves into: international shipbuilding; and the struggle for dominance in the ship trade in the 19th century. It is of interest to underwater, historical and cultural archaeologists. Series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology. Num Pages: 113 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 810.
Historical archaeologists are in a unique position to analyze both historical documents and archaeological data in order to generate hypotheses and draw conclusions. In this work, the data not only provided the history of the ship "Catharine" but also the economic, social and political environments in which the ship was built and employed.
This work focuses not only on the shipwreck and the wrecking event, but on the history and archaeology of a single ship. With this expanded view, the research also delves into:
*International shipbuilding;
*The struggle for dominance in the ship trade in the 19th century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
113
Condition
New
Series
The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology
Number of Pages
113
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306473890
SKU
V9780306473890
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Life and Times of a Merchant Sailor. The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship "Catharine".
From the reviews: "Burns successfully uses a wide assortment of historical information along with the results of a recent archaeological survey to tell the story of the wreck of a nineteenth-century merchant vessel off Pensacola, Florida. … The bibliographic references are wide-ranging, with a good mixture of historical studies, period documents related to shipbuilding, and ... Read more