Posted by 3rdamazon on March 28, 2009 at 21:36:25 user 3rdamazon.
In Reply to: Re: Braithwaite and Lewthwaite, was Owdon posted by Peter Ceresole on March 28, 2009 at 20:35:24:
I don't think so, I think the great deforestation happened before naval expansion. Plus ship building only uses certain types of timber anyway. I think it started when the population was expanding pre black death. Also warships tened to lasta long time and re-use quite a lot of wood. But then some non-ship wood would have been used for fittings and in furnaces etc
I may be wrong on this so if anyone knows better I shall happily stand corrected.