An History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, ... Collection - Naval and Military History) - Softcover

Charnock, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108084648 ISBN 13: 9781108084642

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2016

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With naval experience and contacts, John Charnock (1756–1807) embarked on research into historical and contemporary naval affairs. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794–8) is also reissued in this series. This three-volume work, published 1800–2, stands as the first serious study of British naval architecture, and also covers developments overseas.

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After completing his studies at Trinity College, Oxford, John Charnock (1756–1807) joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer. Though details of his career at sea are lacking, he is known to have embarked on assiduous research into historical and contemporary naval affairs, and he cultivated contacts with many serving officers. His six-volume Biographia Navalis (1794–8), flawed yet still useful, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in three volumes from 1800 to 1802, the present work stands as the first serious study of naval architecture in Britain in particular, while also noting major developments in Europe and beyond. The volumes are illustrated throughout with numerous designs of vessels. Volume 3 (1802) covers changes across the entire eighteenth century, with some discussion of African and Asian examples. The work concludes with various experimental and practical considerations relating to effective shipbuilding and seafaring.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1108084648
• ISBN 13: 9781108084642
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 510