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Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles - Couverture souple

Greenhill, Basil; Mannering, Julian

 
9781848321670: Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1848321678 ISBN 13 : 9781848321670
Editeur : Seaforth Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described in terms of its shape and design, fitness for location and purpose, build, evolution and geographical distribution. Details of dimensions, rig, building materials, seamanship and the survival of examples are given where known, while hundreds of line drawings and photographs show the vessels in their original forms. A team of twelve experts describe all these boat types and, in addition, there are introductions to the main geographic areas outlining the physical environments, fisheries and other uses of the sea that have influenced boat design; maps of all the areas show ports and physical features. At the beginning of the last century sail and oar dominated fisheries and local trade: one hundred years later those craft have all but vanished. This book brings alive for maritime historians and enthusiasts, traditional boat sailors, modelmakers, and all those with an interest in local history, the vast array of craft that were once such a significant feature of our inshore seas.

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À propos de l'auteur

BASIL GREENHILL was Director of the National Maritime Museum and one of the world's best known maritime historians; much of his research and writing was connected with coastal craft. He died in 2003. JULIAN MANNERING, editorial director at Seaforth Publishing, has had a lifetime's experience researching, restoring and sailing traditional boats.

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Éditeur
Seaforth Publishing
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848321678
ISBN 13 
9781848321670
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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