Photos, construction details of schooners, frigates, clippers, other sailcraft of 18th to early 20th centuries — discourse on design, rigging, nautical lore, much more. 137 illustrations.
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Master seaman, shipbuilder and nautical chronicler Charles G. Davis here charts an anecdotal, highly personal course through our rich nautical history. Written in a style both entertaining and informal through which bubbles as genuine love of sailing vessels and sea lore, American Sailing Ships evokes the very feel of salt spray and rolling decks.
In nearly 140 photographs, prints and plans (most drawn by the ...
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