Happy Christmas and New Year for you and your families,
As the second year of the coronavirus draws to an end, I am reviewing my work on a new project.
I have made some corrections in Chapter 1, The Galley vs. the Round Ship, to make the comparison between the two breeds of watercraft less straightforward. I also continue collecting material for a second chapter about war galleys.
I think it was a good idea to split the narrative into two developments: that of the galley and that of the sailing ship. The description becomes more accurate and the trends more palatable.
I restrict the narrative of galleys to the Mediterranean, excluding the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. I try to avoid overloading readers with too many details and focus on the main tendencies. I write for the general public, not for a handful of experts.
I am planning to branch the story of Mediterranean galleys into two channels: about warships and merchantmen. These are two separate developments that are worth discrete storylines.
I began compiling a special dictionary for the project to freshen the ideas and phrasing.
My plans: After uploading the first four chapters of my third project, "Seeking Christians and Spices: The Quest for the Maritime Route to India" at https://independent.academia.edu/BaizermanMichael
I am going to upload the remaining chapters of my second project, "The Enchanting Encounter with the East: Breaking the Ice between the Latin West and the Far East", offering each new paper for Discussions. It can take the entire year or a little bit more. I will check other options: uploading my papers on other sites in an attempt to draw an additional audience to my work.
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