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Seamanship in the age of sail (an account of the shiphandling of the sailing man-of-war 1600-1860, based on contemporary sources)
Conway Maritime Press Cartonnage d'éditeur avec jaquette 1985 In-4 (25.5x30 cm), cartonnage d'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, 320 pages, ouvrage en anglais, figures et illustrations noir et blanc dans le texte, illustrations de Mark Myers, ouvrage truffé de documents ; jaquette un peu défraîchie (un peu jaunie, coiffes et coins légèrement frottés), bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Catchers and corvettes
1992 Rotherfield. xi + 432pp, 2 plates, 505 illus (photos, line illus, many multi-view), 77 plans (30 folding), large handsome format (32cm x 25cm), dw, a very good copy [large heavy item]. AJS: The first purpose-built whalecatcher was built in 1862 in Norway, when Svend Foyn of Tonsberg founded the modern whaling industry by solving the technical problems involved in the successful hunt of the fast-swimming rorqual whales, and their recovery for processing. The outbreak of war in 1939 was a signal for Allied navies to requisition over 200 catchers, which performed sterling work as anti-submarine vessels
