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territorial base in northern Italy. The power of the Hansa also deri ved in no small measure from geography; it controlled a convenient la nd route between the North and Baltic seas , as well as a canal connecting the two. Hanseatic traders were able to avoid the dangerous tri p around Denmark , and they used the ir pos itio n betwee n the two seas to ga in conside rable contro l over bo th . Although such observa.tions may put medi eva l m ari t ime hi sto ry in a be tte r perspective, they are not absolute ly necessary to an understanding of it. The authors have written a good , brief survey of their subject and their book is ti ghtl y reasoned , pac ked with information and highl y recommended. GARY KETELS Wherries and Waterways , Robert Malster (Tere nce Dalton Ltd ., Lavenham, Suffo lk, Eng., 1986 (revsd . 197 1ed.), 176pp , illus, £9 .95hb) It used to be said in Britain that anyone who had not seen a wherry and a windmi ll had not seen East Ang lia. It is now some seventy-fi ve years since the last trad ing wherry was built (the Ella) , and over fo rty- fiv e years since the last of these fin e craft traded under sail. Deri ved fro m the Norfo lk keel (whi ch , in its turn , is thought to have evolved from the Saxon caels or war keels), the wherry is a sing le-masted sailing barge, clinker built of oak. Bob Malster , an acknowledged authority o n the wa te rways a nd sma ll c raft of East An g li a, spe nt so me tw e nt y- fiv e yea rs co ll ecting mate ri a ls for a definitiv e book on whe rri es a nd the No r fo lk Broa ds -the wa te rway s they once traded . Originally published in 197 1, thi s revi sed edition inc ludes a number of additional illustrations as we ll as new textual materi al. I can who leheartedl y commend thi s book- and the story the author has to tell- to anyone with even the re motest interest in the vast coastal and inl and waterborne trade on which Britain depended until the early decades of this century. JAMES A . FORSYTHE
Major Forsythe is President of the Norfo lk Wherry Trust and Deputy Chairman of the World Ship Trust . Picture History of the Normandie , Frank 0 . Braynard (Dove r, Mineola , NY , 1987 , 133pp , illus, $9 .95pb) Was there ever a liner that skimmed the Atlantic with more grace than the Normand ie? Frank 0 . Braynard , an hi stori an of passenger shipping, meticulously de ta il s the life of the proud French ship that linked Le Havre and New York SEA HISTORY , AUTUMN 1987