Historical Sources

Patricia Schindinger and Filipe Castro

Historical sources provide valuable information about ships. Here we are collecting information from written documents.

Treatises on Shipbuilding

We are working to make written sources on shipbuilding more accessible by compiling a list of treatises and other documents, and providing links to the digital copies where possible.

Iberian Shipbuilding Glossary

This glossary provides translations of terms used to describe ship parts and shipbuilding, in six different languages.