Nicolaes Witsen and shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age / A.J. Hoving ; translated by Alan Lemmers ; foreword by André Wegener Sleeswyk ; with an appendix by Diederick Wildeman.

Author/creator Hoving, A. J., 1947-
Other author Wildeman, Diederick.
Other author Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCollege Station : Texas A&M University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxiv, 313 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717. Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier.
Shipbuilding--Netherlands. --History. --17th century.
Shipbuilding--Netherlands. --Early works to 1800.

SeriesEd Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. ^A576331
Contents Introduction -- How ships are built in Holland today -- Contracts as historical sources -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Variations on Witsen / by Diederick Wildeman.
General noteHoving selected the portions of Witsen's 1671 publication that deal specifically with Dutch shipbuilding and had them translated into English by Lemmers. Hoving then integrated this translation into a new text with commentary. "To reorganize Witsen's text, I have cut his entire work (except the irrelevant chapters ...) into hundreds of selected fragments and then arranged them in a new sequence that follows Witsen's own description of the construction process."--Introd.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011010696
ISBN9781603442862 (book/hc-hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1603442863 (book/hc-hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781603444040 (ebook format/ebook - c)
ISBN1603444041 (ebook format/ebook - c)