Nicolaes Witsen and shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age
Hoving, A. J., 1947-
Nicolaes Witsen and shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age [electronic resource] / A.J. Hoving ; translated by Alan Lemmers ; foreword by Andre Wegener Sleeswyk ; with an appendix by Diederick Wildeman. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (310 p.) - Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series . - Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Hoving selected the portions of Witsen's 1671 publication that deal specifically with Dutch shipbuilding and had them translated into English by Lemmers. Hoving then integrated this translation into a new text with commentary. "To reorganize Witsen's text, I have cut his entire work (except the irrelevant chapters ...) into hundreds of selected fragments and then arranged them in a new sequence that follows Witsen's own description of the construction process."--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- How ships are built in Holland today -- Contracts as historical sources -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Variations on Witsen / by Diederick Wildeman.
9781603444040 1603444041
Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717. Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier.
Shipbuilding--Early works to 1800.--Netherlands
Shipbuilding--History--17th century.--Netherlands
Electronic books.
VM77 / .H68 2012
623.82009492/09032
Nicolaes Witsen and shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age [electronic resource] / A.J. Hoving ; translated by Alan Lemmers ; foreword by Andre Wegener Sleeswyk ; with an appendix by Diederick Wildeman. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (310 p.) - Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series . - Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Hoving selected the portions of Witsen's 1671 publication that deal specifically with Dutch shipbuilding and had them translated into English by Lemmers. Hoving then integrated this translation into a new text with commentary. "To reorganize Witsen's text, I have cut his entire work (except the irrelevant chapters ...) into hundreds of selected fragments and then arranged them in a new sequence that follows Witsen's own description of the construction process."--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- How ships are built in Holland today -- Contracts as historical sources -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Variations on Witsen / by Diederick Wildeman.
9781603444040 1603444041
Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717. Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier.
Shipbuilding--Early works to 1800.--Netherlands
Shipbuilding--History--17th century.--Netherlands
Electronic books.
VM77 / .H68 2012
623.82009492/09032