What I'm Reading

Title: The Sailing-Ship: Six Thousand Years of History
Author: Romola and R.C. Anderson
Got it: library

I got this book for research in an attempt to confirm something I'd heard elsewhere about ships with only square sails being quite limited as to when they can sail. Well, this book didn't really cover that though it did hint in a sentence or two that such was true.

What this book does cover are the details of how the ancient Mediterranean and European boats where put together (hull, masts, sails, rudders, materials used, etc.) based on pictures, archaeological discoveries, and eye-witness accounts. The book was written in 1963 and so doesn't contain recent discoveries.