Sailing Ships of War 1400-1860 (Conway's History of Sail)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851771386 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the Author Dr Frank Howard was a nautical historian and ship modeller, who regularly contributed to The Mariner's Mirror and was commissioned to reconstruct a Carthaginian warship
This is a very good Naval Architectural and Naval Warfare history I was interested in the development of gunnery on the high seas, This is a very good Naval Architectural and Naval Warfare history. Encyclopedic in its scope and detail.. Don Farr said Five Stars. Indispensible refrence work
Thus the sailing ship of war played a significant part in the shaping of the modern world. Incorporating much new information the book deals in detail with the hull design and construction, fittings, armament, masting, rigging, and appearance of wooden warships. This book is a comprehensive survey of their technical development from 1400 to 1860, from the advent of the three-masted ship to the eclipse of naval sail. Without the three-masted fully rigged ship the European discovery of the Americas, the Indies, and the Far East would have been impossible; without its broadside battery of cannon European domination of these areas would never have bee
Dr Frank Howard was a nautical historian and ship modeller, who regularly contributed to The Mariner's Mirror and was commissioned to reconstruct a Carthaginian warship.