Heritage and the Sea

Dr. Ana Crespo Solana is a Professor and Researcher for the Spanish National Research Coucil, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).Dr. Filipe Castro is a researcher at História, Territórios e Comunidades, Center for Functional Ecology, Lisboa, Portugal.Prof. Nigel Nayling holds the Chair in Archaeology at the Institute of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

• Chapter1. Remains of the shipwreck: an introduction to the Iberian maritime and underwater landscape.- Chapter2. A paradigm of inter and multidisciplinary research: The ForSEAdiscovery project as a case study.- Chapter3. Life and Death in the Spanish Carrera de Indias: ships, merchants, cargoes and routes.- Chapter4. Iberian Ships of the Early Modern Period.- Chapter5. Ship Types in Portugal.- Chapter6. The Iberian Peninsula between two Seas: Shipbuilding Revolution in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, 14th–15th centuries.- Chapter7. An insight into Mediterranean naval architecture in the 16th century through the texts of Nicolò Sagri (1538–1571). A comparative perspective with Ibero-Atlantic shipbuilding.- Chapter8. From the Baltic Sea to Andalusia: North European timber (and traders) in 16th-century Seville.- Chapter9. Supplying timber for His Majesty’s fleets: forest resources and maritime struggle in Portugal (1621–1634).- Chapter10. Historical Documents assources for the study of shipbuilding in Spain.- Chapter11. Iberian Documents and Treaties on shipbuilding.- Chapter12. Maritime vocabulary in texts: Fray Joseph de Ledesma (1701).- Chapter13. GIS application on 16th-18th centuries Iberian Shipwrecks.

“This book completes an original two-volume work that gathers a series of historical, archaeological, and archaeo-metric studies on the Iberian maritime heritage of the early modern period … . I strongly encourage scholars and students of archaeology, history, and related disciplines to enjoy this excellent research.” (Nicolas C. Ciarlo, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, June 7, 2024)“The reader will find well-balanced multi-author chapters that result in a coherent, unified volume. The original outcomes compiled by Crespo Solana, Castro, and Nayling reveal the potential of transcending disciplinary boundaries and sharing in research. This work will soon become a major reference for both scholars and students of archaeology and history interested in early modern European nautical technology, shipbuilding, and seafaring.” (Nicolas C. Ciarlo, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, September 18, 2023)