The rigging of ships in the days of the spritsail topmast, 1600-1720
(2012)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486138015 (electronic bk.) MWT11603147, 0486138011 (electronic bk.) 11603147
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
Mode of access: World Wide Web