Ropes & Plates

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/luce/ US Navy book on sailing and steam
http://books.google.com/books?id=GlM_AAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage - book on starting from fiber, but mechanised
http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/cordage/men79/index.html - how to make from fiber
http://www.yhwhswordoffaith.com/Cordage.html

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/06/lost-knowledge-ropes-and-knots.ht...

http://www.primitiveways.com/bowstring.html good description of getting raw fiber
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-rope-out-of-dead-plants----with-no-... start from raw fiber
http://www.natureskills.com/survival/how-to-make-rope/

http://www.15q.net/index.html - pictures of license plates