Ship: The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (994 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0756667410 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Now in compact paperback!. From dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians to battleships and modern cruise liners, Ship looks at every aspect of water-going vessels and the people who have sailed them
Lavery’s lucid exposition is enhanced by a wealth of illustrations, including diagrams, period paintings and color photo spreads of Nelson’s HMS Victory and other restored sailing vessels. The result is a superb coffee-table accouterment that is packed with enough information and lore to fascinate hard-core nautical buffs.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly This engaging, lavishly illustrated history covers all things nautical, from dugout canoes to nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. He also explores the economic and world-historical impact of these advances in the fostering of long-distance trade, exploration, European imperial expansion and the growth of port cities. . Naval historian Lavery emphasizes the evolution of maritime technology, delving into advances in naval architecture, navigation, rigging and propulsion, and spotlighting such storied specimens as the Greek trir
Gorgeous book; historically informative If you're captivated by all things nautical, then this is the book for you! The text is replete with gorgeous images that track the historical progression of ships (boats, submarines, etc.). The text is informative, interesting and accessibly presented (the book is also quite skimmable for time-pressed pleasure). I have yet to find a comparable text, and everyone who sees this book is immediately taken with its wonderful photos.. "If you love histiory and popular mechanincs" according to Bobo Majors. You will love this book. Peole pick it up all the time at my house. Well illustrated and plenty of details. So just browse or sink into the book.. "Nice coffee-table book" according to Merchant Marine Captain. I have all titles written by Brian Lavery. Considering his other books this one is a great disappointment. The book is most valuable for nice period illustrations but the text is rather superficial and sometimes confused and misleading, with numerous mistakes and omissions. Although it is obvious that text covering such a wide period cannot be comprehensive the book could definitely be written much better.My some remarks:Ancient times described too general and too insufficient, same history of pira
Apart from contributing numerous articles to magazines and journals, he is the author of the highly successful two-volume history of sailing battleships, The Ship of The Line. Brian Lavery is probably the world's leading authority on the ship of the line.