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January 14, 2021January 3, 2021Viking Era

Viking warfare – sails and ship construction– 4/

For some background on sailing ships, particularly the effort it would take […]

January 7, 2021March 18, 2021Viking Era

Viking warfare – why were they so successful? – 2/

Vikings did not have superior weapons, battle techniques, or leadership when compared […]

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – final part of 5

This series of posts has provided one method of estimating the time […]

October 30, 2020November 3, 2020Pirates

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 4 of 5

Previous posts here, here, and here have quantified it might have taken […]

October 27, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 3 of 5

Previous posts here and here accumulated time estimates involved to construct and […]

October 22, 2020November 3, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – 2 of 5

Previous post accumulated many detail data points of what time would be […]

October 19, 2020October 22, 2020Viking Era

Detailed estimate of time to construct and outfit a Viking longship – part 1 of 5

For a dive into how much time it would take to construct […]

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020Pirates

Models of sailing ships from around the time of Pirate Age.

The Maritime Museum of San Diego has a large collection of ship […]

July 23, 2020July 20, 2020Pirates

Photos for this discussion of pirates.

Photographs for this series of posts are of the HMS Surprise, replica […]

September 26, 2019September 15, 2019Viking Era

Ship construction, living conditions, and winding down of the Viking Age

A few short tidbits from the two previous books discussed in this […]

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