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Widely used among young 19th-century officers in the Royal Navy and East India Company, this now-rare volume offers clear definitions and copious illustrations of the principles of rigging and other aspects of seamanship - tacking, use of a compass, splicing ropes, making sails, and much more. A must for ship fanciers and naval historians.
8) Rigging
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1988
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
151 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes and depicts in detail how 17th-century English, French, Dutch, and other European trading ships and warships were rigged, from the lower masts and bowsprit to the running rigging of the topsails and topgallants. Over 350 fine line drawings illustrate every rigging detail. 25 halftones.
Author
Series
Transportation research record volume no. 1254
Publication ... of the Marine Research Society volume no. 8
Publication ... of the Marine Research Society volume no. 8
Language
English
Pub. Date
1774
Physical Desc
6 boxes.
Language
English
Description
This collection contains manuscripts which were originally part of the Kittredge collection of maritime materials. They were individually cataloged as part of the regular collections and accessible through records in the card catalog. Due to their fragile condition and unique content, they were recataloged to the archives sometime in the 1990s. They were recataloged and refoldeded again in 2009. The collection consists of a variety of manuscript...
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