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Pieter Van Der Merwe (minister)
Pieter Thomas van der Merwe is an English writer on aspects of British maritime history, mainly from 1500 to 1914, but which have also included maritime archaeology and medieval shipbuilding. He also writes on the history of Greenwich, marine painting, stage scene-painting and maritime life in art, portraiture, literature and drama. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol. He joined the staff of the National Maritime Museum in 1974 and was its General Editor until 2018. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London in 2012 and represents the Crown in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Works * The Spectacular Career of Clarkson Stanfield (exh.cat. with R. Took: 1979) * Historic Maritime Greenwich (1993) * A Refuge for All: Greenwich Hospital, 1694-1994 (1994) * Nelson, an Illustrated History (contr. and ed., 1995) * E. Dekker, Globes at Greenwich... (ed., with K. Lippincott and M. Blyzinsky, 1999) * South: the Race to the Pole (and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritime History
Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it often crosses the boundaries of standard Academic discipline, disciplines, focusing on understanding humankind's various relationships to the oceans, list of seas, seas, and major waterways of the globe. Nautical history records and interprets past events involving ships, shipping, navigation, and seafarers. Maritime history is the broad overarching subject that includes fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history of ships, ship design, shipbuilding, the history of navigation, the history of the various maritime-related sciences (oceanography, cartography, hydrography, etc.), sea exploration, maritime economics and trade, shipping, yachting, seaside resorts, the history of lighthouses and aids to navigation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
