Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600--1800
Subtitle: Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9789004424081
Description: "In The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800, Phillip Reid refutes the long-held assumption that merchant ship technology in the British Atlantic during the two centuries of its development was static for all intents and purposes, and that whatever incremental changes took place in it were inconsequential to the development of the British Empire and its offshoots. Drawing on a unique combination of evidence from both traditional and unconventional sources, Phillip Reid shows how merchants, shipwrights, and mariners used both proven principles and adaptive innovations in hulls, rigs, and steering systems to manage high physical and financial risks"--