Lemée, Christian P. P. The Renaissance Shipwrecks from Christianshavn

This is volume 6 of the series Ships and Boats of the North and comprises an archaeological and architectural study of shipbuilding in north-western Europe between 1580 and 1640. The main objective of the research that led to this publication was to discover the specific carvel shipbuilding methods used in north-western Europe during the Renaissance. The study is based on the analysis of a group of finds excavated in Copenhagen in 1996 and 1997 under the author's supervision. A total of eight wrecks were discovered and documented in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen. The excavations revealed that some of these wrecks had been used as foundations for the construction of a harbour in the 17th and 18th centuries. Five of them were the remains of large carvel ships from the reigns of the Danish kings Frederik II (1559-1588) and Christian IV (1588-1648) and thus represent a unique collection of ship types from the Renaissance that were used in Danish waters.