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Dirk Meier; trans. Angus McGeoch.
Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages.

Published Woodbridge: Boydell, 2006.
ISBN 1843832372;
ISBN-13: 9781843832379.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in China.
Size: 174x245x22mm.
Page count: viii,184pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket has had some wear, in particular a rip to the hinge of its front flyleaf that a previous owner has repaired with tape; the book itself is in good order, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £12.00
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[Publisher’s price £19.99]
Weight without packaging: 854g.

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Contents: Rivers, coasts & seas — navigation in the early Middle Ages; Shipbuilding; From landmarks to charts — advances in navigation; Dorestad, London, Ribe — North Sea & its early trading ports; Hedeby to Vineta — trading posts on the Baltic; From Varangians to Greeks — along the Russian rivers; Vikings in the North Atlantic; Viking expeditions of pillage & conquest; Hanseatic league; Vitalienbrüder privateers; Maritime heritage of the Baltic & North Sea.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: frequent, monochrome and colour
Maps & plans: 7
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 5pp
Index: yes


See also | Maritime history |

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