Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden AgeIn 1671, Dutch diplomat and scientist Nicolaes Witsen published a book that served, among other things, as an encyclopedia for the “shell-first” method of ship construction. In the centuries since, Witsen’s rather convoluted text has also become a valuable source for insights into historical shipbuilding methods and philosophies during the “Golden Age” of Dutch maritime trade. However, as André Wegener Sleeswyk’s foreword notes, Witsen’s work is difficult to access not only for its seventeenth-century Dutch language but also for the vagaries of its author’s presentation. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
How Ships Are Built in Holland Today | 35 |
Contracts as Historical Sources | 203 |
Conclusion | 233 |
Variations on Witsen | 237 |
Table 1 | 250 |
Table 2 | 259 |
Table 3 | 262 |
Drawing 2 | 279 |
Drawing 3 | 280 |
Drawing 4 | 283 |
Drawing 5 | 285 |
Notes | 287 |
Glossary | 297 |
307 | |
311 | |
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Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age A. J. Hoving,Diederick Wildeman Limited preview - 2012 |
Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age A. J. Hoving,Diederick Wildeman Limited preview - 2012 |