Dutch East India Company shipbuilding : the archaeological study of Batavia and other seventeenth-century VOC ships / Wendy van Duivenvoorde ; foreword by Jeremy Green.
Introduction -- From carvel construction to VOC shipbuilding -- Site formation, excavation, and reconstruction -- Hull study and description -- The archaeology of Dutch oceangoing ships -- Double-hull planking and sheathing -- Timber used in the construction of Batavia -- Analysis of Batavia's hull and construction -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: VOC ship construction charters -- Appendix B: Catalog of Batavia hull remains -- Appendix C: Terminology for dendrochronological research / by Elsemieke Hanraets.
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<DIV>WENDY VAN DUIVENVOORDE is a lecturer in maritime archaeology at Flinders University and deputy director of the Australian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres. She is also affiliated faculty with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University.</DIV>
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