Water Transport Origns & Early EvolutionCUP Archive |
Contents
GROUP A FLOATS RAFTS KINDRED CRAFT Chapter I Swimming Floats and Riding Floats II Buoyed Rafts | 20 |
Reed Rafts and Reed Canoes | 39 |
Log Rafts and Catamarans | 71 |
The Origin of the Junk and Sampan | 86 |
CORACLES CURRAGHS KAYAKS THEIR | 91 |
The Coracle in Asia | 92 |
British Coracles and Irish Curraghs III | 111 |
The Skin Boats of the American Indians | 148 |
The Pelota or Hide Balsa of South America | 150 |
The Skin Boats of the Eskimos and other Arctic Peoples | 155 |
The Origins of Skin Boats | 175 |
BARK CANOES DUGOUTS PLANKBUILT CRAFT XI The Genetic Relation of the Bark Canoe to Dugouts and PlankBuilt Boats | 181 |
From Dugout to Carvelbuilt Ship | 189 |
The Evolution of the Clinkerbuilt Fishing Lugger | 195 |
Constructional Parallels in Scandinavian and Oceanic Boat Construction | 199 |
The Sailing Ships of Ancient Egypt | 213 |
Common terms and phrases
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