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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting > Fishing, angling
The coastline of Europe has one of the most diverse collections of
fishing boats to be found upon any of the continental coasts of the
world. From the Viking-influenced waters of Scandinavia and
Northern Europe to the Southern European coasts with their roots
firmly placed in the early vessels of the Eastern Mediterranean
shipwrights of old, scholars have identified hundreds of different
types of craft. For the first time fisheries historian Mike Smylie
has put together a collection of many of these craft through his
own pen and ink drawings. From the great sailing boats of the
northern herring fisheries to the small river canoes and
beach-based sail and oar craft, this book catalogues a general
cross-sectional record of European fishing boats of the last two
centuries, put together in one book for the first time in the
English language. Although the roots of many of these vessels go
back many generations, in the main those shown are still in
existence in some form or other, even if not for their original
intended use, and have survived through the skill of boatbuilders
and fishermen, and more recently the dedication of enthusiastic
owners.
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