The Ancient Mariners

Twas actually a good book, a lot of history on seafaring but not so many minute details that you felt like you had to slog your way through it. Although it was written in 1991, it is still a good read today, nothing is lost or changed as often happens with historical non-fiction.

Well researched and well written. Fascinating history of - not landed empires - but sea-based ones.

This thorough explanation of the progress of ancient sailing technologies put the development of the triremes and penteconters typically considered Greek ships into the context of all ancient naval development, which was helpful for the development of a port scene. It would also have been highly useful for the Artemisia piece I worked on about eighteen months ago. It includes much information about Egyptian and Roman sailing technologies as well, if a little less than desired about non-military vessels.

Edition: // Descr: xx, 286 p. : ill., plates, map (1) 20.5 cm. // Series: Call No. { 948 C11 } Contains Table of Dates, Selected Bibliography, Glossary of Greek and Latin Nautical Terms, and Index. // //

Muy bueno, divertido agil bien escrito la historia del meditearraneo y el comercio marino que nos permite dar una idea de lo que pasaba y como estaban mucho más avanzados y lo que se perdió con la caida del imperio romano