Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-

Daily life in the age of sail / Age of sail Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002. - xix, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series, 1080-4749 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-309) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Chronology -- 1. Seaports -- 2. Sea Lanes -- 3. Navigation -- 4. Hull Down on the Horizon -- 5. The Crew -- 6. Shipboard Environment -- 7. Pastimes -- 8. Women and the Sea -- 9. The Great Trading Fleets of Europe -- 10. The Art of War at Sea -- 11. Pirates and Privateers -- 12. The Age of Fighting Sail -- 13. The American Revolution -- 14. The Sea and the States -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

0313310262 (alk. paper)

2001-016186


Navigation--History.
Sailing ships--History.
Seafaring life--History.

VK149 / .V65 2002

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