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Sea Ports and Sea Power

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Archaeology Book Series

Editors: Harris, Lynn

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46985-0

ISBN: 978-3-319-46984-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Dec 15, 2016

1 - 10 of 10 Chapters

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Chapter 1When Did the Swahili Become Maritime? A Reply to Jeffrey Fleisher et al. (2015)

Ichumbaki, Elgidius B.

Pages: 1 –11

[In a paper titled ‘When Did the Swahili Became Maritime’ published in the American Anthropologist, authors are sceptical about accepting the idea that Swahili societies of the East African coast were fully maritime from their earlier settlement times (about 20,000–30,000 years ago). Instead,...
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Chapter 2Port of Badagry, a Point of No Return: Investigation of Maritime Slave Trade in Nigeria

Oyediran, Wale

Pages: 13 –25

[Founded in 1425 A.D., the port city of Badagry played a strategic role in global transatlantic slave trade. This chapter analyzes the relationship between the people of Badagry and their neighbors before the arrival of the slave trading Europeans. It explores how the African Kings communicated...
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Chapter 3“A Gulf Between the Mountains”: Slavers, Whalers, and Fishers in False Bay, Cape Colony

Harris, Lynn

Pages: 27 –41

[False Bay, described by Bartolomeu Dias as a “gulf between the mountains,” is well known for manifestations of British and Dutch naval heritage. This study focuses on Simon’s town, a small seaport in the Bay that represents the continued presence of the South African Navy for the past 200 years....
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Chapter 4Technology and Empire: A Comparative Analysis of British and Dutch Maritime Technologies During the Napoleonic Era (1792-1815)

Mollema, Ivor

Pages: 43 –54

[The two ships, Bato (1806) and Brunswick (1805) wrecked in Simon’s Bay, South Africa, provide an opportunity to compare British and Dutch maritime technologies during the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815). The former was a Dutch 74-gun ship of the line and the latter a British East Indiaman. Their...
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Chapter 5Bay of Storms and Tavern of the Seas: The Role of Risk in the Maritime Cultural Landscape of the Cape Town Harbour

Borrelli, Jeremy R.

Pages: 55 –65

[Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the passage around the Cape of Good Hope was one of the most important shipping routes in the world. The passage, however, became known for its characteristic storms that devastated shipping at the main port of call in Table Bay and developed the area’s...
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Chapter 6World War I Shipwrecks of the Western Indian Ocean of Tanzania: Neglected Underwater Heritage Resources

Mjeme, Elinaza

Pages: 67 –75

[WWI shipwrecks of the western Indian Ocean along Tanzania coast constitute a neglected, often unseen and unmanaged maritime heritage resource with archaeological, historical and economic values. This chapter provides a review of shipwreck heritage on Tanzania’s coastline symbolic of both British...
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Chapter 7Thomas T. Tucker: A Beached US Liberty Ship in Cape Point Nature Reserve, South Africa

King, Nathaniel

Pages: 77 –87

[S.S. Thomas T. Tucker, a US Liberty ship operated by the Merchants and Miners Company on behalf of the US Maritime Commission, was part of the 42-ship convoy carrying material to the African Front during World War II. The ship was reported lost in action, torpedoed at Cape Point. The cargo...
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Chapter 8On Desolate Sands: Beached Shipwrecks in the Namibian Coastal Landscape

Jones, Jennifer J.

Pages: 89 –100

[Stranded ships on beaches—vessels and timbers left to the effects of time and change—are the remnants of a long and varied history of maritime activities on coastlines worldwide. The archaeological remains of ships in the beach zone are part of a complex system, being periodically exposed and...
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Chapter 9Benefits, Burdens, and Opportunities in South Africa: The Implications of Ratifying the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage

Sharfman, Jonathan; Boshoff, Jaco; Gribble, Jonathan

Pages: 101 –110

[Having participated in the drafting of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the late 1990s, South Africa’s Department of Arts and Culture hosted a series of public meetings to gauge the desirability of ratification in 2008. A decision was taken to...
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Chapter 10Epilogue

Oyediran, Wale; Harris, Lynn

Pages: 111 –114

[The contributors to this volume share several common discussion threads and themes in their research. These include:]

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