The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (Oxford Reference)

by Peter Kemp

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

387.503

Tags

naval history, seafaring

Genres

Collection

Books: Non-Fiction

Publication

Oxford University Press, USA (1994), Paperback, 978 pages

Description

The most comprehensive and authoritative reference book of its kind, the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea provides coverage of a huge range of topics, from shipbuilding, yachting, diving, marine engineering, and marine mammals, to smuggling, tsunamis, mermaids, and the language and literature of the sea.

Subjects

Naval art and science Dictionaries
Naval history Dictionaries
Ships Dictionaries

Language

English

Physical description

978 p.; 9.22 inches

ISBN

0192820842 / 9780192820846

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