Dover Maritime
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The Art of Rigging
$11.95 Read moreFew, today, can realize how important was the art of rigging a ship and reeving her gear in the days just old when all aloft was wood and hemp; or how great the part it has played in the building of E… [more below]
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Biddlecombe, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0486263436
- Language: English
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The Buccaneers of America
$14.95 Add to cartA cross between genuine privateers, commissioned to defend a country’s colonies and trade, and outright pirates, buccaneers were largely English, French, and Dutch adventurers who plied the waters amo
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Exquemelin, Alexander O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 26 2000
- ISBN10: 048640966X
- Language: English
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The Rigging of Ships: In the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720
$16.95 Read moreFor ship model-makers and students and enthusiasts of historic sailing ships, this generously illustrated book is essential reading and a valuable reference. It describes and depicts in detail how sev… [more below]
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Anderson, R. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14 1994
- ISBN10: 048627960X
- Language: English
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A General History of the Pyrates
$39.95 Read moreFamed for his enduring fictional masterpieces Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe also possessed considerable expertise in maritime affairs. As a commission merchant, importer, shipowner,
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Defoe, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: January 26 1999
- ISBN10: 0486404889
- Language: English
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The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework
$14.95 Read moreThe perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful “hands-on” information: sailor’s tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100… [more below]
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Smith, Hervey Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0486264408
- Language: English
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The Yankee Whaler
$24.95 Add to cartOne of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Construction and outfitting of ships, crafts and routines, hunting methods, much more. 133 halftones. 17 line illustr… [more below]
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Ashley, Clifford W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0486268543
- Language: English
