Great classic sailing ships / by Kenneth Giggal with paintings by Cornelis de Vries.

By:

Giggal, Kenneth [author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 128 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 x 29 cmISBN:

9780753724347

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

623.8203 GIG

Summary: This book presents forty of the world's most famous sailing ships, with original paintings by the celebrated Dutch artist Cornelis de Vries. De Vries' ship portraits are exquisitely detailed; whenever possible, he works form archive collections of original shipbuilder's designs. Most of the ships included here were built between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, when these ships played a vitally important part in the lives of nations and men. The text provides details on each ship.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Acquisition, Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution Development	Adult Non Fiction	623.8203 GIG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B231812

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book presents forty of the world's most famous sailing ships, with original paintings by the celebrated Dutch artist Cornelis de Vries. De Vries' ship portraits are exquisitely detailed; whenever possible, he works form archive collections of original shipbuilder's designs. Most of the ships included here were built between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, when these ships played a vitally important part in the lives of nations and men. The text provides details on each ship.

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Great classic sailing ships / by Kenneth Giggal with paintings by Cornelis de Vries.