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

Lavery, Brian

Verlag: Naval Institute Press - Annapolis, MD, 1991

Beschreibung

First Edition, First printing. Red cloth boards with gilt letting on spine, very Fine in FINE DJ. 206pp. Frontis, multiple b/w photos and illustrastions. For nearly 200 years, the ship of the line was the dominant weapon of the seas; it was also at that time the most complex and sophisticated weapon of war which had yet been evolved and built by man. This is a highly detailed account of the process of construction of a 74-gun ship of the line, the 'Valient', examining the whole process from the initial stage of the drawing of the lines through to the final fitting out of the finished vessel. Beautiful book in pristine condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers blb01104

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Building the Wooden Walls: The Design and ...

Verlag: Naval Institute Press - Annapolis, MD

Erscheinungsdatum: 1991

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition