The 18th Century Shipbuilding French Industry : New Perspective on Conception and Construction
Author(s): Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé
Year: 2016
Summary
The Machault, a French frigate, sank in Chaleur Bay, Québec, in the context of the Seven Years War, in 1760. Built in Bayonne, the archaeological analysis of the frigate gave us a unique vision of the 18th century shipbuilding industry. Coming from a privation shipyard next to the Arsenal of Bayonne, the Machault lay amidst a clash between regional shipbuilding traditions and the globalisation of naval techniques in Europe.
The study of the ship’s structural remains provides a unique view of the shipbuilding conception and construction techniques in the region. We transcended the historical sources, beyond the treatise of Duhamel du Monceau or Ollivier, to offer a new vision of the 18th century with an archaeological approach which integrates the steps of conception and construction of ships.
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The 18th Century Shipbuilding French Industry : New Perspective on Conception and Construction. Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434715)
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Keywords
General
conception
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Frigate
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Shipbuilding
Geographic Keywords
Canada
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North America
Temporal Keywords
18e century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -141.003; min lat: 41.684 ; max long: -52.617; max lat: 83.113 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 427