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Dutch East India Company shipbuilding: the archaeological study of Batavia and other seventeenth-century VOC ships / Wendy van Duivenvoorde ; foreword by Jeremy Green
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70496
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623.8209492 VAN
Author:
Van Duivenvoorde, Wendy ; Green, Jeremy N.
Publisher:
College Station, Texas: A&M University Press
Year:
2015
Series:
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
Description:
xiii, 310 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 29 cm.
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9781623491796
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Book
Abstract:
Batavia, the only excavated remains of an early seventeenth-century Indiaman to have been raised and conserved in a way that permits detailed examination, using data retrieved from the archaeological remains, interpreted in the light of company archives,
ship journals, and Dutch texts on shipbuilding of this period.
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Contents:
From carvel construction to VOC shipbuilding -- Site formation, excavation, and reconstruction -- Hull study and description -- The archaeology of Dutch oceangoing ships -- Double-hull planking and sheathing -- Timber used in the construction of Batavia
-- Analysis of Batavia's hull and construction -- Conclusion.
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