Name: Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age
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Author: Hoving, A. J. ; Lemmers, Alan ; Sleeswyk, Andre Wegener
ISBN: 9781603442862

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Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age

Type

Physical Book

Author

A. J. Hoving

Translated by

Alan Lemmers

Preface by

Andre Wegener Sleeswyk

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press

Language

English

Pages

310

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

28.2 x 21.8 x 2.5 cm

Weight

1.20 kg.

ISBN

1603442863

ISBN13

9781603442862

Synopsis "Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age"

In 1671, Dutch diplomat and scientist Nicolaes Witsen published a book that served, among other things, as an encyclopedia for the "shell-first" method of ship construction. In the centuries since, Witsen's rather convoluted text has also become a valuable source for insights into historical shipbuilding methods and philosophies during the "Golden Age" of Dutch maritime trade. However, as André Wegener Sleeswyk's foreword notes, Witsen's work is difficult to access not only for its seventeenth-century Dutch language but also for the vagaries of its author's presentation. Fortunately for scholars and students of nautical archaeology and shipbuilding, this important but chaotic work has now been reorganized and elucidated by A. J. Hoving and translated into English by Alan Lemmers. In Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age, Hoving, master model builder for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, sorts out the steps in Witsen's method for building a seventeenth-century pinas by following them and building a model of the vessel. Experimenting with techniques and materials, conducting research in other publications of the time, and rewriting as needed to clarify and correct some vital omissions in the sequence, Hoving makes Witsen's work easier to use and understand. Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age is an indispensable guide to Witsen's work and the world of his topic: the almost forgotten basics of a craftsmanship that has been credited with the flourishing of the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. To view a sample of Ab Hoving's ship model drawings, please visit: http: //nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/AbHoving.htm

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