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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 222 p., illustrations, diagrams, maps, bibliography. dust jacket has small tears on top edge and one tear at the middle of the spine. Contents: Introduction / Paul C. van Royen -- Reflections on the recent past of maritime history in the Netherlands and abroad / Jaap R. Bruijn -- Navigation changes direction from art to science / Conrad Dixon -- The prestige of pure research: naval support of science in the Dutch East Indies, 1840-1940 / Lewis R. Pyenson -- The fading tradition: the declining use of magnetic declination in Dutch pelagic navigation / Art R.T. Jonkers -- Climatic reconstructions in the North Sea area: the case study of the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 / Dennis A. Wheeler -- Private enterprise as public utility: the management of capital in two centuries of shipping business / Edward W. Sloan -- Embarking on a new course: personnel, ships and administrative reforms in the Royal Netherlands Navy, 1814-1914 / Anita M.C. van Dissel -- Concepts for the study of innovation: evaluation of the Dutch shipbuilding industry in historical perspective / Harry W. Lintsen -- Evolution and revolution in the development of shipbuilding materials / Henk J. Wimmers -- Old attitudes and new technology: British shipbuilding 1945-1965 / Lewis Johnman -- The maritime labour market: skill and experience as factors of demand and supply / Yrjö Kaukiainen -- Ports, ships. and government in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Gordon Jackson -- Attempts at reducing the expenditure of the port of Liverpool, 1836-1913 / Adrian Jarvis -- Riding the wave: the state of maritime history, opportunities and challenges / Frank J.A. Broeze.…