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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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent illustrations,
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This review is from: The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships (Paperback)
If you're looking for a good interpretation of excellent illustrations, then this is your book! The illustrations are par none, but the writing lacks substance. Much of the descriptions are but interpretations, some based on fact, but many imagined. Readers looking for a very broad overview will enjoy this book. Those looking for detail about the ship or about the history of the time-period would do better with something else.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful reading for enthousiast and history buff alike,
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This review is from: The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships (Paperback)
Essentially a reprint of a book published originally in 1924, the book manages to have both modern prose and a dated (nonpajorative in this case) perspective. Because the author is chronologically close to his subject, his focus on the meat of the matter is excellent. Complemented by excellent illustrations from Gordon Grant, Culver's prose flows forth, at once detailed, humourous, and filled with romance. An easy read that will probably be enjoyed by enthousiast, history buff, and devout non-fiction reader alike. We can only hope that this book does not go out of print for another 75 years.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
fluff,
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This review is from: The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships (Paperback)
This book is great if you want to know what kind of rigging each
ship had. You will not get how many crewman it took to sail each ship unless its a galley then you can figure it out by how many oars it had. On some you will get the tonnage of a particular ship but not always. You don't get any idea the cargo it was able to hold in tonnage or what type of cargo it mainly shipped. Nothing about what kind of weaponary ie cannon 6pounder,12pounder etc. I did like the pictures. I did learn about ships that I never knew existed. Thats why I said fluff in the title.
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