The Search for Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855
Description
Chapelle, Howard I. The Search for Speed under Sail 1700-1855. First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1967. 20 cm x 26.5 cm. 453 pages. Original Hardcover with original clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: The State of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding in the Eighteenth Century, 1700 - 1760, 1760 - 1793, 1793 - 1812, 1812 - 1820, 1820 - 1845, and 1845 - 1855. Appendices include Spar Dimensions of Clipper Ship 'Sweepstakes', Spar Dimensions of Clipper S...
ISBN(s)
0851772803, 9780851772806