The Baltic sea seems to have alot of well-preserved wrecks. Let's hope there will be more interest in Scandinavian history outside of the usual Viking stuff. The Viking Age is fascinating sure but Scandinavia before and after are equally interesting periods to learn about!
Ships with innovations like this one had allowed mariners to bypass Greenland on the way to whaling, sealing and walrus hunting, spelling the end of those whaling stations that dotted Greenland's west coast until the 1400's. This far better matches the evidence than attribution of the end of these settlements to climate change of the time.
Before Britain in the 18th century, the Indian West Coast made the biggest ships in the world with the best Mahogany wood possible. It was also the first industry to be decimated.
We were making War Ships well before the 18th Century. It might be viewed as a bad example, but Henry VIII had the Mary Rose built in 1511. She sailed the seven seas for 34 years before she sank, due to a bad retrofit. She was rebuilt in 1536.
The Baltic sea seems to have alot of well-preserved wrecks.
Let's hope there will be more interest in Scandinavian history outside of the usual Viking stuff.
The Viking Age is fascinating sure but Scandinavia before and after are equally interesting periods to learn about!
The waters are too cold for things like the teredo worm which destroys underwater timber.
Very interesting. I thought caravels were developed in Portugal. Is the ship here not a carrack?
Thanks for sharing this information
You were welcome butthead
PBS I wish you would post in the comments when the show posted to youtube was originally aired on PBS.
Ships with innovations like this one had allowed mariners to bypass Greenland on the way to whaling, sealing and walrus hunting, spelling the end of those whaling stations that dotted Greenland's west coast until the 1400's. This far better matches the evidence than attribution of the end of these settlements to climate change of the time.
Greenland? Not green now!
@@paullangford8179 Not green then, either.
The ones from northern Europe beat Columbus to the new world.
22:40 Sorry, but a boats hull is not "essentially a shell built around an interior that is lighter than water, which keeps it afloat."
Yes it is. A boat or ship is a hole in the water that doesn't get filled.
Well, shiver me timbers. This looks like a well-done documentary. I like it...
No doubt this is a very interesting ship, but the docu contains lots of speculation.
Why compare it to a Viking ship ?
Because it's been build by the same folks.
@12345fowler
To the highest standards of the time
I honestly don't think that it's fair to compare Viking Longboats to that monstrosity. It would be like trying to compare an X-Wing to the Death Star.
That is a coastal vessel not ocean going, couldnt take on thr Atlantic. It would only sail on the coast of the North Sea in good weather.
Before Britain in the 18th century, the Indian West Coast made the biggest ships in the world with the best Mahogany wood possible. It was also the first industry to be decimated.
We were making War Ships well before the 18th Century. It might be viewed as a bad example, but Henry VIII had the Mary Rose built in 1511. She sailed the seven seas for 34 years before she sank, due to a bad retrofit. She was rebuilt in 1536.
Chinese junk were ocean-going ships of great size too