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Argument of John Quincy Adams Before the Supreme Court of the U.S. in the Case of the U.S. Vs. Cinque and Others, Africans Captured in the Schooner Am
John Quincy Adams
Paperback - $33.95
Wooden Ship
Jan Adkins
Hardcover - $21.95
The building of a wooden ship in 1870 becomes a New England vision of purpose, skill and strength. This intimate and detailed book begins with the need for a new whaling vessel, follows its design and lofting, and moves in time with the massively pow ...
100 Historic Ships in Full Color
John Batchelor
Paperback - $21.95
This collection of magnificent original full-color paintings accurately depicts 100 amazing ships -- from the royal barge of the Egyptian pharaoh Cheops (2657 b.c.) and the Viking ships that visited North America around a.d. 1001 to Columbus' flagshi ...
Complete Encyclopedia of Sailing Ships : 2000 BC - 2006 AD
John Batchelor
Hardcover - $21.95
Provides a detailed look into the history and technical development of the sailing vessels from a primitive beginning to the present day. Includes sail powered warships, merchant ships, and smaller craft used for fishing and coastal trading. Illustra ...
The Complete Encyclopedia of Warships 1798-2006
John Batchelor
Hardcover - $21.95
This book comprises some 125 warship types, from the start of powered warship design to the modern giants of global power projection. The warships described here ore illustrated by the celebrated technical artist John Batchelor, and their stories are ...
The Art of Rigging
George Biddlecombe
Paperback - $18.95
This book is a manual on the art of rigging the sailing ship. "The Art of Rigging" is based on the extensively revised and updated 1848 edition prepared by Captain George Biddlecombe, a Master in the Royal Navy and former merchant seaman.
The Kedge Anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant
William Brady
Paperback - $29.95
Upon its mid-19th-century publication, this book became the Bible of U.S. sailors. Its no-nonsense prose gives specific instructions for knotting and rigging, blacking the guns, and stationing the crew to dealing with the direst emergencies. Enhanced ...
Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous : A History and Directory
Carl A. Brasseaux
Hardcover - $117.95
In an extraordinary feat of research and intrepid historical navigation, Carl A. Brasseux and Keith P. Fontenot serve as guides through the labyrinthian and often harrowing world of Louisiana bayou steamboat journeys of the mid to late nineteenth cen ...
Worthy of the Sea : K. Aage Nielsen and His Legacy of Yacht Design
Maynard Bray
Hardcover - $92.95
"As I think of Aage, the one word that describes him completely is integrity. He knew what he was doing and he took no shortcuts. His drawings, complete and attractive, his care to skip nothing proper to the boat's purpose, his full acceptance of the ...