Sail & Traditional Craft
Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles
by Basil Greenhill
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Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781844157181
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This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft which once fish and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is...
Learning from Replica Ships
by Jenny Bennett
Found in: Sail & Traditional Craft
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781848320130
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Until recently, there was little practical knowledge of the ships of the distant past. We could only surmise as to the manner in which a Viking ship sailed or how fast a Greek trireme could be rowed. The building...
by Charles W Domvillefife
Found in: Sail & Traditional Craft
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Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781844156955
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There are few books that describe accurately life on board sailing ships in the last days of sail, from the 1860s to the First World War; the romantic image conjured up by many who wrote from a safe distance...
I can recommend this excellent book most heartily as a highly accessible balancer to the more conventional naval histories of the period.
