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Sovereign of the Seas, 1637 - A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of its Day (Hardcover)
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Sovereign of the Seas, 1637 - A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of its Day (Hardcover)
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Sovereign of the Seas was the most spectacular, extravagant and
controversial warship of the early seventeenth century. The
ultimate royal prestige project, whose armament was increased by
the King's decree to the unheard-of figure of 100 guns, the ship
finally cost the equivalent of ten more conventional warships. A
significant proportion of this total was spent on her gilded
decoration, which gave the ship a unique combination of firepower
and visual impact in battle that led her Dutch opponents to dub her
the Golden Devil'. The vessel was the poster-child of the notorious
Ship Money' tax, raised without parliamentary approval and so
unpopular it was a major factor leading to the Civil War in which
Charles I lost his sovereignty and his head. In that sense, she was
a ship that cost a kingdom. It is unsurprising that such a
high-profile ship should be well-documented, but there are no
contemporary plans and much of the visual evidence is
contradictory. In this book, John McKay sets out to analyse the
data and reconstruct the design and appearance of the ship in a
degree of detail never previously attempted. The results are
presented as a folio of superbly draughted plans, isometric
drawings and coloured renderings, covering every aspect of the
design from the hull form to the minutiae of sails and rigging.
Each section is accompanied by an explanatory text, setting out the
rationale for his conclusions, so the book will be of value to
historians of the period as well as providing superb reference for
any modeller tackling of one of the most popular of all sailing
ship subjects.
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