Oceana Research Links

This is a list of links and books, by general topic, that I've found useful for designing Oceana. It includes non-fiction materials for real world research.

• Ancient History Links, Books, Movies, etc
• Middle Ages History Links, Books, Movies, etc
• Technology Research Links
• Technology Books, Movies, etc
• Ancient thru Modern Ships Info
• Weapons Technology
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Ancient History

• Basileis: A Guide to the Kingdoms of Greek Myth - names of kingdoms, towns and islands from Homer and other Greek myths
• Encyclopaedia Romano -
• Perseus Digital Libary - Greek history and more. Extensive primary sources in translation. Run by Tufts University.
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• The Ancient World Antiquity On-line - time line and articles for ancient thru modern times
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• World of Late Antiquity
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Middle Ages History

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• Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Introduction -
• Medieval Technology Page - articles on a variety of technologies that first appeared in medieval Europe. also excellent links
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• ORB: The Online Reference Book for Midieval Studies - articles, references, links, etc. excellent link to series on the transformation of society between the end of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages.
• ORB Western Civilization Course Online - course outline and articles for Western Civilization. this is not apparently findable from the ORB homepages. Covers Ancient World thru Early Modern Europe.
• Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History circa 1,000 CE (early Middle Ages)

Technology Research Links

• Ancient Roman Technology Pages
• Medieval Technology Page - articles on a variety of technologies that first appeared in medieval Europe. also excellent links
• The Rockbridge Bloomery - site dealing with the production of iron using pre-Industrial Revolution technology. very good, but a specialist interest site.

Technology Books and Video

• Connections - James Burke -
• The Ancient Engineers - L. Sprague DeCamp -
• The Day the Universe Changed - James Burke - a look at events and technology that changed the world
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Ancient thru Modern Ships Info

So much of Oceana depends upon ships and the sea that it has gotten it's own section. The other aspect is much of the information is limited, but still useful.

Academic, Hobbyist, Real Life and Similar Sources

These sites are about real life ships or research into real life ships

• Jamestown Settlement - reproduction of Susan Constance and two other ships from the 1600's period. good photo on opening page.
• Roman Ships and Barges
• Schooner Man Schooner and Tall Ship page - excellent site. lots of information on sailing ships and sailing them plus links.
• Types of Ships - brief descriptions of the various types of 18th century sailing ships. hobbyist site
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Gaming Sources

These sites tend to have maps and plans for use by gamers. I can not vouch for the accuracy of the plans compared to real ships.

• Estrella D'Oro - picture of 14th century carrack done in ProFantasy software by gamer. looks good
• The Black Prince - another ship designed in ProFantasy software by a gamer.
• Mongoose Publishing - Seas of Blood (supplement) free downloads of deck plans,
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Weapons Technology

These are a hodge podge of sites.

• Arms & Armor - has lots of pictures of replica weapons that are for sale
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