Everybody should be familiar with the Age of Discovery. But you know what, before the Age of Discovery, Vikings had dominated the Europe with the excellent Viking ships, and started the Viking Age as early as the 8th – 11th century. At that time, Vikings roamed everywhere in their ships, and looted European coastal countries. They also …
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The history of shipbuilding in southern Europe can be traced back to the Cretans who had accepted the civilization from the eastern Mediterranean coast. The Cretan ship in the mid-2nd century BC had upwarped bow and stern, one mast and one square sail. In the following millennia, it was the basic ship type in the Mediterranean. …
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The Nordic region includes Scandinavian Peninsula, Jutland Peninsula, Iceland and other islands. As this region is close to the North Sea and the Baltic and local people’s lives depend on the ocean, the shipbuilding industry there is highly developed. Also, as the Nordic waters are broad, local people had learnt to build ships in very …