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The Earliest Ships: The Evolution Of Boats Into Ships
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780785814122 Book cover for 9781557502018
 
from Book Sales (September 1, 2001)
9780785814122 | details & prices | 10.25 × 12.00 × 0.75 in. | 2.15 lbs | List price $24.99
About: Reaching back into prehistory and the earliest evidence provided by archeology, this volume - the twelfth and final work in an ambitious series - explores the varied lines of development from the most primitive watercraft to the first real sea-going ships.
With Robert Gardine (other contributor), Arne Emil Christensen (other contributor) | from Naval Inst Pr (May 1, 1996)
9781557502018 | details & prices | 143 pages | 10.00 × 12.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.15 lbs | List price $55.00
About: This volume takes the development of the most primitive forms of boats - rafts, skin boats and dugouts, for example - which developed ultimately into ships for trade, commerce and war.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780851779959
 
With Arne Emil Christensen (other contributor) | from Conway Maritime Pr (December 3, 2004)
9780851779959 | details & prices | 143 pages | 10.00 × 11.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Researching back into prehistory and into the earliest evidence provided by archaeology, this volume explores the varied lines of development from the most primitive watercraft to the first real seagoing ships, from Northern Europe, through the Mediterranean to the Near and Far Easts.