John M. Lundquist

Raphael Patai

James Hornell

"This work is altogether a masterpiece of substance and style. It is not only a major contribution to our knowledge of the ancient world. . .but it is as well a sheer reading delight for humanists of all backgrounds."--Howard M. Sachar, George Washington University

Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times

The Children of Noah

Report of the Government of Madras on the Indian Pearl Fisheries in the Gulf of Mannar

The Practice of Oyster Culture at Arcachon and Its Lessons for India

Its Causes and the Remedies

The Present Depletion of the Oyster-bed of Sind

The Edible Molluscs of the Madras Presidency ...

First published in 1946, this book presents a comprehensive account regarding the origins and early evolution of water transport written by the renowned British ethnographer and zoologist James Hornell (1865-1949). The focus of the text is on different types of transport, and it is divided into three main sections: the first section is on 'Floats, Rafts and Kindred Craft', the second is on 'Skin Boats: Coracles, Curraghs, Kayaks and their Kin' and the third is on 'Bark Canoes, Dugouts and Plank-Built Craft'. Numerous illustrative figures and a detailed bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in archaeology, anthropology and the history of water transport.

Water Transport

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Sanctuary of the Tutelary Diety [i.e. Deity]

The Prow of the Ship

Alfred Cort Haddon

Canoes of Oceania: Haddon, A. C. The canoes of Melanesia, Queensland, and New Guinea

James Hornell

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