The Nautical Shelf

Early Ships and Seafaring: European Water Transport
Sean McGrail
Pen & Sword Books
c/o Casemate (US distribution)
www.casematepublishers.com
https://www.penandswordbooks.com
9781399019453, $32.95, PB, 208pp

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Synopsis: "Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Within Europe" builds=
on Professor Se n McGrail's 2006 volume "Ancient Boats and Ships" by delvi=
ng deeper into the construction and use of boats and ships between the ston=
e age and AD1500 in order to provide up to date information. Regions covere=
d will include the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe.

"Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Within Europe" is an interestin=
g and informative volume easily accessible to students and non-professional=
readers with little or no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whe= ther ancient or modern.

Professor McGrail deftly introduces the reader to this relatively new ancie=
nt history discipline through the theory and techniques used in the study o=
f early boats as well as the many different types of evidence available to = us, including archaeological, documentary, iconographic, experimental and e= thnographic, and the natural, physical laws.

Critique: Newly available in this paperback edition (as well as in a digita=
l book format - Kindle $14.77) for students, academia, and anyone with an i= nterest in the subject, "Early Ships and Seafaring: European Water Transpor=
t" is an ideal and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, c= ommunity, and university library Maritime History collections and supplemen= tal curriculum studies lists.

Editorial Note: Professor Se n McGrail served in the Royal Navy as a seaman=
officer from 1946 to 1968; from 1952 he flew as a pilot in the Fleet Air A= rm. He graduated with a BA at the University of Bristol in 1971, and in 197=
8 gained a Ph.D. at University College, London with a thesis on The Logboat=
s of England and Wales. In 1988 he was awarded a D.Sc. by the University of=
Oxford. (https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/9781-4419-04= 65-2_639)

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