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    Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley

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    Ray, Eric
    Abstract
    The galley of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa is currently the only large 17th century naval galley available for study. It was surveyed by the author in 2008. While the galley's wooden structure remains largely intact to the present day, its fittings and layout are much changed. A digitally-aided reconstruction shows how it was filled with bricks, and that its large cauldron likely hung from a crane suspended from the aft wall.   Documentary sources place the galley closer in historical context to a medieval terrestrial kitchen than to a 17th century kitchen. The galley's smoke bay is much the same as those installed in country houses during the centuries preceding Vasa's construction. In the final analysis, Vasa's galley is an inexpensive construct, valuing frugality over convenience. Yet, it would have been suitable to cook the sort of provisions provided to the crew by the Swedish Navy.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2807
    Subject
     Anthropology; History, European; History, Military; Archaeology 
    Date
    2010
    Citation:
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    Ray, Eric. (January 2010). Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2807.)

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    Ray, Eric. Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2010. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2807. September 30, 2023.
    Chicago:
    Ray, Eric, “Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2010).
    AMA:
    Ray, Eric. Fire in the Hold : Construction and Use of the 1628 Swedish Warship Vasa's Galley [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2010.
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    • History
    • Maritime Studies
    • Master's Theses
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    East Carolina University

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