Naval Cannon Literature


naval cannon types

Literature suggested by Paulo Monteiro

ARMSTRONG, D. (1993) A Bronze Saker for England’s King Henry VIII: the recovery and conservation of an Owyn gun cast in 1543, lost to a shipwreck ca. 1580 near the Bahamas Islands. Palm Bay

BARKER, R. (1983) Bronze Cannon Founders: Comments upon Guilmartin 1974, 1982. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1983) 12.1:673-74.

BOUDRIOT, J. (1968) L’artillerie de mer de la marine francaise: les cannons de bronze, 1674-1856. Neptunia, n. 85. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 17-28

BOUDRIOT, J. (1968) L’artillerie de mer (suite): les affuts, 1674-1856. Neptunia, n. 86. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 1-12

BOUDRIOT, J. (1969) L’artillerie de mer (suite): munitions et dispositions de combat, 1674-1856. Neptunia, n. 93. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine.

BOUDRIOT, J. (1965) L’artillerie de mer (suite): les affuts de caronades, 1674-1856. Neptunia, n. 95. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 1-8

BOUDRIOT, J. (1969) L’artillerie de mer de la marine francaise: bouches a feu a boulets explosives, 1674-1856. Neptunia, n. 96. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 1-12

BOUDRIOT, J. (1970) L’artillerie de mer (suite): bouches a feu a boulets explosifs - suite, 1674-1856. Neptunia, n. 97. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 1-8

BOUDRIOT, J. (1971) L’artillerie de mer de la marine francaise: deux siecles d’evolution. Neptunia, n. 103. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 33-40.

BOUDRIOT, J. (1992) La caronade dans la marine francaise. Neptunia, n. 185. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 12-15.

BROWN, R. (1990). Guns carried on East Indiamen, 1600-1800. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1982) 19.1:17-22

BROWN, R. (1997) Arms and Armour from Wrecks: an introduction. In REDKNAP, M., ed. Artefacts from Wrecks: Dated Assemblages from the Late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. Oxford: Oxbow Books, Oxbow Monograph 84.

BROWN, R. (1988) The Woolwich Proof Registers 1780-1781. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1988) 17.1:105-111

BROWN, R. (1989) Identifying 18th-century Trunnion Marks on British Iron Guns: a Discussion. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1989) 18.4:321-329

BRYCE, D. (1984) Weaponry from the Machault: an 18th Century French Frigate. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch. Parks Canada. Environment Canada.52-55.

BURLET, R. (1994) Le service de la piece de 36 sir le vaisseau de 74. Neptunia, n. 195. Paris: Association des Amis du Musee de la Marine. 1-10

CIPOLLA, C. (1965) Guns and Sails. London: Allen and Dunning.

DARROCH, A. (1986) The Visionary Shadow: a Description and Analysis of the Armaments Aboard the Santo Antonio de Tanna. College Station: Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Thesis

DESROCHES, J. & GODDIO, F. (1995) El San Diego: un tesoro bajo el mar. Madrid: Compañia Española de Petróleos. pp. 204-206.

FFOULKES, C. (1969) The Gun Founders of England: with a list of English and Continental Gun-Founders from the XIV to the XIX Centuries. London: Arms and Armour Press.

GUILMARTIN, J. (1982). The cannon of the Batavia and the Sacramento: early modern cannon founding reconsidered. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1982) 11.2:133-144.

GUILMARTIN, J. (1988) Early Modern Naval Ordnance and European penetration of the Caribbean: the operational dimension. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1988) 17.1:35-53.

KONSTAM, R. (1988) 16th century naval tactics and gunnery. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1988) 17.1:17-23.

L’HOUR, M., LONG, L. & RIETH, E. (1992) L’artillerie du Mauritius. In Le Mauritius: la memoire engloutie. Paris:Casterman, Dossiers Archives du Temps.

LEWIS. M. (1961) Armada Guns: A Comparative Study of English and Spanish Armaments. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

MARITZ, J. (1987) Artillerie de la marine, 1758. Nice: Editions Omega.

MARTIN, C. (1988) A 16th Century Siege Train: the Battery Ordnance of the 1588 Spanish Armada. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1988) 17.1:57-73

ROTH, R. (1989) Two Sakers from Israel. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1989) 18.1:61-66

ROTH, R. (1989) A Proposed Standard in the Reporting of Historic Artillery. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1989) 18.3:191-202.

ROTH, R. (1996) The Cannon from Dunwich Bank, Suffolk. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1996) 25.1:21-32

SANTOS, N. (1986) A artilharia naval e os canhoes do galeao Santiago. Lisboa: Academia de Marinha.

SANTOS, N. (1990) A representacao das armas nacionais nas pecas de artilharia naval. Lisboa: Academia de Marinha.

SMITH, R. (1988) Towards a New Typology for Wrought Iron Ordnance. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1988) 17.1:5-16.

SMITH, R. (1993) Port Pieces: The Use of Wrought-Iron Guns in the Sixteenth Century. Journal of the Ordnance Society, 5:1-10

SIMMONS III, J. (1988) Wrought-iron Ordnance: revealing discoveries from the New World. In The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration. 17.1: 25 ­ 34.

TOMALIN, D., CROSS, J. & MOTKIN, D. (1988) An Alberghetti Bronze Minion and Carriage from Yarmouth Roads, Isle of Wight. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1988) 17.1:75-86

VALLE, H. (1962) Nomemclatura das bocas de fogo portuguesas do seculo XVI. Revista de Artilharia, 439/440, LVIII.2:381-390.

Literature suggested by John de Bry

CARUANA, Adrian B, The History of English Sea Ordnance, 1523-1875, Volumes I, II & III, Jean Boudriot Publications, Ashley Lodge, Rotherfield, East Sussex TN6 3QX, England.
Volume I,   The Age of Evolution, 1523-1715. ISBN 0-948864-20-6
Volume II,  The Age of the System, 1715-1815. ISBN 0-948864-22-2
Volume III, The Age of Change, 1815-1875. ISBN 0-948864-24-9

PETER, Jean, L'Artillerie et les Fonderies de la Marine sous Louis XIV, Economica et Institut de Stratégie comparée, Paris 1995.

PETER, Jean, Maîtres de Forges et Maîtres Fondeurs de la Marine sous Louis XIV, Economica et Institut de Stratégie comparée, Paris 1996.

SMITH, Robert D and BROWN, Ruth Rhynas (editors), Guns from the Sea, Ships' Armaments in the Age of Discovery, Current Research and New Discoveries in Early Artllery, The Nautical Archaeology Society, London 1988.

L'Artillerie de Mer Française, 1650-1850. ISBN 2-903179-12-3

The Armouries of the Tower of London, The Ordnance. ISBN 11-670251-6 (this particular work [catalogue] should be available throught the Tower of London's bookshop) The catalogue lists both sea-service and land ordnance.

L'Ame et la Lumière, Armes et Canons dans la Marine Royale, fin XVIIe - XVIIe siècle, Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Hôtel de Soubise. Catalogue of the exhibition, 27 June - 28 October 1996.

Page published by Per Åkesson, December 1999, rev okt '04


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