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The Sailing Frigate - A History in Ship Models (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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The Sailing Frigate - A History in Ship Models (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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Discovery Miles 4 570
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The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest
collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are
official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy
or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid
seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a
three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority.
Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even
the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like
in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve.
This book is the first of a series which will take selections of
the best models to tell the story of specific ship types - in this
case, the evolution of the cruising ship under sail. Each volume
reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full colour, and
including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in
depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on
interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis,
the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing
an unusual and attractive form of technical history.While the
series will be of particular interest to ship modellers, all those
with an interest in ship design and development will attracted to
the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.
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