Written to replace and extend Torr's Ancient Ships, this generously
illustrated underwater Bible" traces the art and technology of
Mediterranean ships and seamanship from their first crude stages (about
3000 B.C.) to the heyday of the Byzantine fleets.
Originally published in 1971.
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