Title: The great industrial boatyard of Venice
Authors: Macfarlane, Alan
Issue Date: 5-Aug-2004
Abstract: The arsenal or boat building centre of Venice in the middle ages was one of the greatest industrial centres in the world. Through a mechanical division of work and high precision it turned out ships very rapidly and inspired Dante’s vision of ‘Inferno’. Explained by Alan Macfarlane.
URI: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/544
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