The global schooner : origins, development, design and construction 1695-1845 / Karl Heinz Marquardt
2003, First Edition. London : Conway Maritime. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #322189
ISBN: 0851779301
Physical description; 239 p. : ill., plans ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index. Contents; The origin of schooners: how it began, the birth of the schooner, first seventy years of schooner development in Europe and America -- Yachts, navy sloops and privateers -- Coast guards and gunboats -- Merchantmen and slavers -- Construction and fitting -- Masting and rigging -- Armament and furniture -- Appendix 1. Timber dimensions (1768-1858) -- Appendix 2. Mast and spar dimensions, (1735-1858) -- Appendix 3. Rigging dimensions, 1818-1864 -- Appendix 4. Furniture etc. Subjects; Schooners History. Schooners Design and construction History. Schooners Design and construction. Genre; Illustrated.
Price: €120.00