A Quantitative Look at Mediterranean Lateen- and Square-Rigged Ships (Part 1)
Filipe Castro|Nuno Fonseca|T. Vacas|F. Ciciliot
Modern-day engineering can be a useful tool to help understand the technological changes which led development of three-masted ships modern age sail, in beginning 15th century. Recent finding and excavation an increasing number medieval shipwrecks offers opportunity, authors propose build database with technical characteristics late-medieval vessels hope patterns that will relatively-quick evolution Mediterranean merchant craft 14th centuries. © 2008 The Authors
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology