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Ajouter au panierFirst Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 256 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 32 cm. Notes; Illus. on lining papers. bibl. p. 255. Contents; Introduction / Uffa Fox -- From the caravel to the clipper / Captain Donald Macintyre -- The adventure of sail -- A beautiful strait -- Sixteenth-century navigation -- Plunder in the Pacific -- Sir Richard versus Don Beltran -- North to China -- Barents' last voyage -- A wonderful voyage -- Surgery at sea -- The Sovereign of the Seas -- An ordinary voyage -- Worms of several sots -- Caress and humor them -- A naval hero -- Blackbeard the pirate -- The scurvy -- The loss of the Wager -- Landing on Tahiti -- Scenes from Cook's voyages -- Naval tactics -- Documents of Trafalgar -- The Constitution versus the Guerriere -- Before the mast -- Homeward bound round the Horn -- Whaling -- China clippers -- smashed wheels, shifting ballast, weed and barnacles -- Merchant schooners -- Initiation -- Glossary -- The spars and rigging of a ship -- A ship's sails -- The frame of a ship -- types of sailing ship -- Dictionary of sea terms.Subjects; Seafaring life. Sailing ships History. Seafaring life ; Sources. Sailing ships. Seafaring life. Genre; Illustrated. 2 Kg.