Colin Mudie Sailing Ships. Designs & Re-creations of Great Sailing Ships - from Ancient Greece to the Present Day.
| Autor: | MUDIE, Colin |
| Páginas: | 170 págs. págs. |
| Fecha: | 2000 |
| Precio: | 67,00 € |
Floating Hypotheses: An approach to re-creations of ancient vessels. Sailing Ships and Yachts: Sailing Performance in the past, and now. Galleys: The "motor-sailers" of antiquity. Materials: The basis of construction. Lines Plans: The development of shape. Argo: Jason's galley re-created for Tim Severin. Hsu Fu: Sailing the Pacific in a bamboo raft. Liburnian: 1st. Century AD Roman Warship. Brendan: A leather-skinned curragh for an Atlantic crossing. Sutton Hoo: the 7th Century AD ship from a Suffolk barrow. Sohar: Sindbad's dhow. Matthew: John Cabot's ship for his Newfoundland voyage...