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Publication
Dover Publications (1992), Paperback, 256 pages
Description
Superb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations by noted maritime illustrator Gordon Grant. Ships include a Roman trireme, Viking longship, 16th-century caravel, New Bedford whaling bark, 19th-century brigantine, many more. Detailed text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction. Appendix, including Notes.
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LibraryThing member adamvasco
Good introduction to a complex subject
LibraryThing member SandyAMcPherson
Outstanding illustration of old sailing schooners and many earlier styles of sea-going vessels. For me, this book stays in my library because Gordon Grant was such an outstanding maritime illustrator. This edition (1935) typically had a beautifully illustrated dust jacket and inner boards in a
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mauve that faded badly. Show Less
LibraryThing member jamestomasino
I'm finished as much as one can be with a reference book. This has it all!
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Original publication date
1924
Physical description
252 p.; 5.34 x 0.7 inches
ISBN
0486273326 / 9780486273327