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The Oxford companion to ships & the sea

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Includes much information on polar ships, explorers, etc.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
972

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The Oxford companion to ships & the sea
1976, Oxford University Press
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Edition Notes

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
387/.003
Library of Congress
V23 .O96, V23

Contributors

Editor
Paul Kemp

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 972 p. :
Number of pages
972

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4589985M
Internet Archive
oxfordcompaniont00kemp
ISBN 10
0192115537
ISBN 13
9780192115539
LCCN
77352082
OCLC/WorldCat
2929040
Library Thing
699018
Goodreads
4465098

Work Description

This new Companion will help its readers to gather the flowers of the sea, presenting in its 3,700 articles information which can otherwise be gleaned only with the help of an extensive library. The Companion is international in scope and covers the seafaring history of the world from earliest times to the present. At its heart are the short biographies of those who have left their mark upon the sea -- the navigators and explorers, naval and merchant seamen, marine designers, writers and artists, pirates and inventors. Yachtsmen and their craft, and the phenomenal growth of their sport in recent years, are given due place. Included too are definitions of technical seamanship, accounts of naval battles, histories of famous ships, descriptions of types of vessels, and articles on the development and principles of shipbuilding, navigation, seamanship, diving, fishery, and the lore and customs of the sea. The main articles are written by specialists in their subjects; other contributors are generally well-known maritime authors who have long studied maritime history in all its aspects. - Jacket flap.

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