Complemented by more than 1,500 illustrations, diagrams, and period photographs, this engaging visual study captures more than five thousand years of maritime history, ranging from the primitive vessels of antiquity to the high-tech military ships and cruise liners of the present day.

Ship: The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure

Engineering & Transportation

SMITHSONIAN

National Marine Museum

Brian-Lavery

Transportation

DK Pub.

Beautiful book filled with amazing photos

Ship - The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure

Smithsonain

This definitive work is a major step forward in the study of the sailing warship. For the first time, the development of the line-of-battle ship is described precisely, in terms of individual ships and classes, highlighting the factors influencing specific changes in design. This sophisticated approach allows the author to tackle a great many myths-such as the static nature of eighteenth century design, or the pre-eminence of French naval architecture-and his conclusions challenge the accepted view in many areas of naval history. For the enthusiast and academic historian alike, The Ship of the Line is essential reading for a better understanding of the navy in the age of sail. Volume II is devoted to technical developments in hull design, construction, rigging, armament and fittings. The definitive work on the subject, a major step forward in the understanding of the sailing warship in the Royal Navy Provides a detailed account of changes in approaches to design over two hundred years A complete description of how ships of the line were constructed in the dockyard and what different types of fittings were applied to the shipso 100 line drawings, plus 94 black-and-white illustrations Brian Lavery is a leading authority on the sailing fighting ship, and is the author of a series of critically acclaimed works, each of which was a major step forward in the understanding of the subject. These include The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, Nelson's Navy and Building the Wooden Walls. He is currently Curator of Ship Technology at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Ship of the Line, Vol. 2: Design, Construction and Fittings

History

Military

Conway Maritime

The 74-Gun-Ship Bellona (Anatomy of the Ship)

Europe

Conway Maritime Press

Foreword by Patrick O'Brien The most successful Conway Maritime title, this book is the perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. The book is eminently readable and is the first single-volume work to cover in such depth this vast and complex subject. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy the book contains considerable original research to give a clear and authentic picture of the Senior Service as a whole. With a foreword by one of the most successful maritime fiction authors of the current age, the book is also of interest to all those with enthusiasm for the literature based on the Nelsonic-era.

Nelson's Navy : Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815

Brasseys Publications

Dust cover has 2" rip on front and slight wrinkling. Book itself is new-like.

Building the Wooden Walls: Design and Construction of the 74 Gun Ship Valiant

Conway Maritime London 1991

No fiction writer of the modern period has captured the world of wooden walls, broadsides and the press gang in quite the same way as the late Patrick O'Brian. The twenty books in the O'Brian canon, featuring the lives and adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and confidant, the naval surgeon, Stephen Maturin, are read and lauded across the world for their blend of classic storytelling, historical scholarly accuracy and consistently inspired characterisation. In Jack Aubrey Commands Brian Lavery, one of the most respected naval historians of his generation, relates the naval fiction of Patrick O'Brian and C S Forester to the real world inhabited by famous Royal Navy heroes such as Lord Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith and Thomas Cochrane. It draws on the experiences and activities of men such as Frederick Marryat, the founder of naval fiction, the Austen brothers whose sister Jane created our most intimate picture of shore life in the period, and Nelson's chaplain Alexander Scott, who also served as a part-time spy. All these individuals and others provided inspiration for Patrick O'Brian's character of Jack Aubrey. The historical naval facts behind the great works of naval fiction are fully explored while the text fully contextualises a number of key episodes and characters as well as the minutiae of naval life in the era of Nelson, as it is put forward in these enduring sea stories. The book includes a foreword by Peter Weir, director of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, where he outlines the challenges posed by, and encountered in, the dramatisation of the O'Brian novels.

Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O'Brian

World

Royal Yachts Under Sail

Whether you're a Master, Commander or Pirate of the Caribbean, this is the vessel for you. From the earliest canoes to today's sophisticated ocean-going giants, Christopher Columbus to Ellen MacArthur, witness the drama, the splendour and excitement of Ship's story above and below the waves, through centuries of exploration, endeavour and conflict. Produced in association with the National Maritime Museum.

Ship: 5000 Years of Maritime History

Dorling Kindersley Australia

Ship

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd.

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