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1 sie 2019 · This data paper presents a reconstruction of historical ports and coastal routes in England and Wales during the age of the sailing ship, ending at the beginning of the twentieth century. The dataset was created by an amalgamation of twenty different sources, including geographical data, primary sources and secondary literature.
28 sty 2020 · This paper examines some fundamental characteristics, namely ship speeds, times spent in port, and trade patterns, to examine its effectiveness long before Britain’s industrialisation. Local customs records provided data covering thousands of recorded departures and arrivals of coasters.
1 lip 2019 · Coastal routes between ports were drawn based on navigation charts and bathymetry data, distinguishing five categories with different characteristics. Visibility from the coast was deduced...
28 lip 2020 · This article explores port typography and historiography. It reviews the expansion of port history as a field over the last 50 years, with increasing focus on the Early Modern, Medieval and Classic...
This dataset includes a reconstruction of historical ports and shipping routes in England and Wales, between the c.16th and c.20th. It includes 479 ports and landing locations compiled from primary and secondary sources.
2 lip 2019 · History. 2020. As revealed by John Armstrong, coastal shipping was vital to Britain’s Industrial Revolution: it was a system of mass transport for coal, grain, and myriad other goods that long predated railways and… Expand. 5. PDF. Speedier delivery: coastal shipping times and speeds during the Age of Sail †.
Nineteenth-century transport history thus needs to be revised to ensure that the humble coaster is given its rightful - and much more prominent - place. Coastal vessels were neither stagnant nor obsolete, but rather changed and developed to ensure improved efficiency.
