The Visual Encyclopedia of Nautical Terms Under Sail

by Alan Villiers and Basil W. Bathe

Book Overview

Assembles and defines nearly 4,000 terms relating to sailing ships, their construction, launching and mooring, life on board them, and how they are handled, sailed and navigated. Defined in modern... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517533170
• ISBN13: 9780517533178
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 2.96 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Visual Encyclopedia fo Nautical Terms Under Sail

I paint images of tall ships on porcelain tiles and find this book to be necessary for me to understand the different ship styles and the names of their parts.