Description
Global Ships offers a comprehensive exploration of maritime culture during the Global Middle Ages, examining how seafaring technologies and practices connected diverse regions across the world. Amanda Respess analyzes the significance of shipwrecks as historical evidence, revealing what these disasters tell us about medieval naval construction, trade routes, and cultural exchange.
The book investigates boatbuilding techniques across different civilizations, demonstrating how maritime communities adapted to local environments and resources. By studying ships as physical artifacts and symbols of connection, Respess illustrates how oceanic travel facilitated the movement of goods, ideas, and peoples during this transformative historical period.
Part of the Elements in the Global Middle Ages series, this work challenges traditional Eurocentric narratives and presents maritime history as a truly global phenomenon. It serves as an essential resource for understanding how medieval societies depended on and developed sophisticated maritime technologies.
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