The Book of Old Ships

The Book of Old ShipsOf all the ships human beings have constructed to navigate the waters of the world from a hollowed out log sharpened at both ends to modern ocean liners weighing thousands of tons those powered by the wind are among the most interesting and beautiful. In this classic review, noted maritime artist Gordon Grant has created 80 magnificent line illustrations of some of history's most important sailing ships, beginning with a graceful Egyptian galley (c.

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they captured the beauties and rigors of a half-century of life on the Mississippi

A valuable addition to the libraries of instructors and students of history and government

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Selected from rare publications dating from the 1840s to the turn of the century

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