A quantitative look at Mediterranean lateen- and square-rigged ships (Part 1) Academic Article

abstract

• Modern-day engineering can be a useful tool to help understand the technological changes which led to the development of the three-masted ships of the modern age of sail, in the beginning of the 15th century. Recent finding and excavation of an increasing number of medieval shipwrecks offers the opportunity, and the authors propose to build a database with technical characteristics of late-medieval vessels in the hope of finding patterns that will help understand the relatively-quick technological evolution of Mediterranean merchant craft of the 14th and 15th centuries. 2008 The Authors. Journal Compilation 2008 Nautical Archaeology Society.

authors

• Vieira-De-Castro, Luis

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Castro, F., Fonseca, N., Vacas, T., & Ciciliot, F.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Castro, F||Fonseca, N||Vacas, T||Ciciliot, F

publication date

• September 2008

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Nautical Archaeology  Journal

keywords

• Lateen Rigging
• Mediterranean Seafaring
• Sailing Performance
• Square Rigging
• Technological Change

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2008.00183.x

start page

• 347

end page

• 359

volume

• 37

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2Fj.1095-9270.2008.00183.x