TY - BOOK ID - 3424236 TI - The ancient sailing season PY - 2013 VL - 351 SN - 9789004223523 9004223525 9789004241947 9004241949 1283855089 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Navigation KW - Sailing KW - Naval history, Ancient KW - Navigation à voile KW - Histoire navale ancienne KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Naval history, Ancient. KW - Navigation à voile KW - TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General KW - Ancient naval history KW - Aquatic sports KW - Boats and boating KW - Yachting KW - Navigation, Primitive KW - Locomotion KW - Orientation KW - Nautical astronomy KW - Naval art and science KW - Pilots and pilotage KW - Navigation - History - To 1500 KW - Sailing - History - To 1500 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3424236 AB - Providing a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent archaeological discoveries. Taking a fresh look at the various ways in which seasonality affected maritime transport across the sea-lanes of the ancient world, this book offers new perspectives on the nature of seaborne trade, naval warfare and piratical operations. The result is a volume that questions many long-held scholarly assumptions concerning the strength and seaworthiness of ancient vessels, as well as the abilities of Greek and Roman mariners, to regularly undertake voyages across hazardous stretches of sea. ER -