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 […]