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A vivid and highly-illustrated history of seafaring in the Middle
Ages based on archaeological evidence and contemporary accounts.
The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open
wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade, to
conquer and plunder. Without maps or compasses, they steered by the
sun or by landmarks on the coast. Nevertheless they discovered
Iceland and North America and explored the rivers that flowed
through Europe and Russia into the Black Sea. With the Frisians and
the Vikings, extensive trade routes, better ships, larger
harboursand wealthy coastal towns developed. The pinnacle of these
advances was the Hansa, an association of port cities running from
Bruges to Riga. In recent years archaeologists have discovered much
about the development of their ships: the elegant Viking longboat,
the ubiquitous cog, the carrack and the caravel. Much, too, has
been revealed about life in Viking settlements and the bustling
Hanseatic cities. In the first paperback edition of this engaging
and highly-illustrated study, Dirk Meier brings to life the world
of the medieval seaman, based on evidence from ship excavations and
contemporary accounts of voyages. Dr Dirk Meier teaches ancient and
medieval history and is Head of Coastal Archaeology at the
Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.
Auf der Grundlage eines neuen operationalen Flexibilitatsmasses
analysiert der Autor Konzepte und Verfahren zur Losung von
Planungsaufgaben der Material-Logistik in einstufigen und
mehrstufigen logistischen Systemen."
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