In 1846, the British Admiralty dispatched HMS Grampus , 50 guns, under command of Capt. Henry Byam Martin, RN, to the Society Islands. The F...
A Double Canoe from the Tuamotu Islands
Paddling Light's Canoe & Kayak Plans: What Price Free?
I've been following Bryan Hansel on Twitter for some time, but just recently did I learn about his free canoe and kayak plans . In thi...
Japanese Boats of the Edo Period
On a recent visit to the new Harvard Art Museum, I came across two lovely 6-panel painted folding screens from Japan's Edo period (also ...
Sampan Dwellers of Tam Giang Lagoon, Vietnam
A sampan from the Hue area, probably much like those discussed here. Source: Junk Blue Book *. (Click any image to enlarge) The romanticizat...
The Baure's Linked Canoe and Road Transport System
Contemporary Baure dugout canoes on the upper Amazon in Bolivia. (Click any image to enlarge.) Source . The Baure people live between the S...
Two Current Bits of Nautical Archaeology
Swedish warship Mars A couple of quick marine achaeology links: Recent news about the discovery of the remarkably intact 16th-century three-...
Irish Logboat Finds
An article in the current issue of Current Archaeology tells of multiple logboat finds in Lough Corrib, County Galway, Ireland. I haven...
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