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Item Details
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THE SCHOONER
ITS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1600 TO THE PRESENT |
| By: |
David R. MacGregor |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£9.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1840675284 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781840675283 |
| Publisher: |
CAXTON PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
5 June, 2003 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Synopsis: |
The schooner rig has always been associated with speed and elegance, and with the romance of privateers and illicit trade; but it has also been employed in just about every conceivable seafaring role over four centuries and across the world's seas and oceans. This book is a comprehensive history of the rig's development from its emergence in Holland in the early years of the seventeenth century right up to the present when it is experiencing a renaissance in the world of luxury charter. In Britain, America and Canada cargo-carrying was the main use to which schooners were put, and they ranged from the most humble coastal craft to the smartest ocean clippers, but the rig was also adopted by a whole range of other types such as the Grand Banks fishing schooners, pilot boats, Baltimore clippers, colonial schooners, naval schooners and yachts. In this broad-ranging survey the author describes in detail the development of this beautiful rig and gives examples of all these types; in doing so he tells a rich and varied story which delves into every corner of maritime history. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Caxton Editions |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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