The Earliest Ships: The Evolution of Boats into Ships (Conways History of the Ship)
by Robert Gardiner, Arne Emil Christensen
Category: Boatbuilding

This volume takes the development of the most primitive forms of boats - rafts, skin boats and dugouts, for example - which developed ultimately into ships for trade, commerce and war. It summarizes the current state of knowledge, and examines the nature of archaeological evidence.