Batavia shipwreck timbers reveal a key to Dutch success in 17th-century world trade
Ocean-going ships were key to rising maritime economies of the Early Modern period, and understanding how they were built is critical to grasp the challenges faced by shipwrights and merchant seafarers. Shipwreck timbers hold material evidence of the dynamic interplay of wood supplies, craftmanship, and evolving ship designs that helped shape the Early Modern world. Here we present the results of dendroarchaeological research carried out on Batavia’s wreck timbers, currently on display at the Western Australian Shipwrecks Museum in Fremantle. Built in Amsterdam in 1628 CE and wrecked on its ma... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Schlagwörter: | Dutch East India Company / dendroarchaeology / Batavia / timber / 17th century / shipbuilding |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27466411 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://zenodo.org/record/5636214 |