ROPE

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization in the vein of single subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod Tim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope and its importance to humankind than most In Rope Queeney takes readers on a ride through the history of rope and the way it weaves itself through the story of civilization From Magellan s world circling ships to the 15th century fleet of Admiral Zheng He to Polynesian multihulls with crab claw sails he shows how without rope none of their adventurous voyages and discoveries would have been possible Time traveling he describes the building of the pyramids the Roman Colosseum Hagia Sophia Notre Dame the Sultan Hasan Mosque the Brooklyn Bridge and countless other constructions that would not have been possible without rope Not content to just look at rope s past Queeney examines its present and possible future and how the re invention of rope with synthetic fibers will likely provide the strength for cables to support elevators into space Making the story of rope real for readers Queeney tells remarkable nautical stories of his own reliance on rope at sea Rope is history adventure and the story of one of the world s most common tools that has made