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COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS: THE SAILING SHIP 1000-1650

Written by Robert Gardiner, et al
Published by Conway Maritime Press in 1994
ISBN: 0851775608

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Front cover

Cover of COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS: THE SAILING SHIP 1000-1650 by Robert Gardiner;  et al

Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Descendants of Viking Boats
  • 2 The Cog as Cargo Carrier
  • 3 The Cog as Warship
  • 4 The Mediterranean Round Ship
  • 5 The Carrack: The Advent of the Full Rigged Ship
  • 6 The Caravel and the Galleon
  • 7 The Sluit: Specialist Cargo Vessels 1500-1650
  • 8 Coastal Shipping and Navigation in the Mediterranean
  • 9 Guns and Gunnery
  • 10 Ship Construction: Tools and Techniques
  • 11 Treatises on Shipbuilding Before 1650
  • 12 Illustrations of Ships: Iconography and Interpretation
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index