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Watercraft on World Coins - Volume 1: Europe, 1800-2005 (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Watercraft on World Coins - Volume 1: Europe, 1800-2005 (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Fram, Golden Hind, Santa Maria, Vasa, HMS Victory are names of
famous ships that have played a part in Europes maritime history.
The stories associated with these and many other ships are told in
this book of 'ship coins'. Each narrative provides the historical
background and watercraft experience and circumstance of the
soldiers, sailors, admirals and generals, explorers, naval
commanders and fishermen who sometimes through bravery and
sometimes through human error have merited a place in the
historical record, and are associated with particular vessels that
have merited the striking of a coin in record and rememberance.
This book is the first ever to narrate the history through the
medium of ships featured on coins. Each entry contains information
on the ships, wherever available (length, beam, depth and tonnage).
The book constitutes a catalogue of ship coins organised according
to the popular KM numbering system, with groupings under separate
headings where ships have a common design. The coin images
represent the many different ways in which the ships are depicted.
Each volume contains a select bibliography and an index listing the
ships, persons and other major topics covered in the narratives.
Volume I: Europe will be followed by Volume II: America and Asia,
1800-2008 and Volume III: Africa and Oceania, 1800-2011.
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