Houghton Mifflin, 1978. — 56 p. — ISBN: 9780395264492. A chronicle of the fictional whaleship, Ulysses, describing the details of her building from design to launching.
Time-Life Books, Inc., 1980. — 184 p. — ISBN: 978-0809426874. Describes the exploration of the Pacific Ocean by Europeans from the 16th through the 18th century.
Potomac Books, 2005. — 321 p. — ISBN: 978-1574889116. To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of this imagery has become a literary and cinematic cliché . And what an image it is! But its truth is by halves, and paradoxically it is the...
Dover Publications, 1990 - 133 p., ISBN: 9780486263434 Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required on board ships today, serious model builders need to learn this art in miniature. The book is widely considered the best manual every produced on rigging the sail ship. This edition is based on the 1925 revision of the original work first published in 1848....
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1986. — 104 p. — ISBN: 0-913372-42-0. This book is much more than a biography of the four-masted schooner ' Herbert L. Rawding ', though it is that too. One learns about other vessels that were the author's training grounds, some of which he sailed in before the mast or as an officer, and some of which he merely observed as a knowledge-able...
Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2002. — 209 p. Today Aberdeen is an importance centre of North Sea oil production. Shipping and trade have long dominated the city's industry and commerce. When the world famous clipper-bowed ships were first developed, in 1839, Aberdeen's already high reputation in shipbuilding reached new heights. Breaking speed records on their long journeys...
New York: Bonanza Books, 1936. — 255 p. The work done by Howard I. Chapelle in preserving for posterity the early American types of boats that were the ancestors of those in which we sail today is of such great value to the yachtsman and to those who love the sea and ships. In this book he has confined himself to the smaller craft that were used alongshore and coastwise, with...
TBS The Book Service Ltd, 1978. — 230 p. — ISBN: 9780517202487. Fast, lightly rigged and sleekly styled with wide, clear decks, the Baltimore Clipper appeared in American waters about the time of the American Revolution and instantly launched a colorful and romantic chapter in maritime history. Because of their speed and maneuverability, these "rakish topsail schooners" were...
Bonanza Books, 1967. — 520 p. An easy to read classic by the dean of sailing ship history. More for the scholar than the hobbiest. This book is a fantastic survey of hull designs and rigging innovations during the period 1700-1855. It's a bit technical for the casual reader, but a wonderful resource for serious maritime historians and boatbuilders.
Lee Chasse-Maree, 1996. — 95 p. En effet, tres tot Fredrik Henrik manifeste de reelles compe-tences pour le dessin et l'architecture navale. II n a que dix ans lorsqu II retrace les plans d'un corsaire ostendais et la qualite de son travail suscite l'admiration de son pere. Des l'adolescence, il entre a l'arsenal de Karlskrona pour у accomplir son appren-tissage; puis il va...
Dover Publications, 2006. — 162 p. First published in 1768, this remarkable collection of sophisticated line drawings offers a fascinating look at the maritime world of the eighteenth century, documenting merchant and naval ships from various countries. Seventy detailed illustrations chart vessel dimensions, crew size, storage capabilities, and manner of rigging for packet...
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, ltd., 1909, 516 p. This history of sailing ships has been written primarily for the general reader, in the hope that the sons and daughters of a naval nation, and of an Empire that stretches beyond the seas, may find therein a record of some interest and assistance in enlarging and systematising their ideas on the subject, especially as regards the...
New York, NY-London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. — 248 p. At first sight it seems singular that no history of the origin and early development of yachts and yachting has ever been written. A little reflection, however, will convince one of the amount of labor necessarily involved in such an undertaking. And had I been able to foresee the difficulties before me, it is doubtful...
Hachette, 1928. — 72 p. L'invention du bateau remonte à plusieurs milliers d'années, et correspond au besoin que l'homme a très tôt eu de pouvoir se déplacer sur l'eau, qu'il s'agisse de rivière ou de mer. Les bateaux ont accompagné l’homme dans son évolution. De la barque monoxyle du Mésolithique au puissant porte-avions nucléaire moderne, l'histoire des bateaux accompagne...
A.N.C.R.E., 2000. — 195 p. — ISBN: 978-2-903179-22-9. La Aurora, que Gérard Delacroix cualifica como 'corbeta atractiva' lleva un nombre muy justificado que evoca el nacimiento del día. Los primeros éxitos en el cálculo de la longitud, gracias al empleo de de los relojes marinos de longitud, que fue la primera denominación en el origen de los cronómetros. Esta monografía tiene...
A.N.C.R.E., 2003. — 377 p. — ISBN: 2903179344. "Cette monographie est consacre à la gabare bâtiment de transport dont la marine militaire doit ncessairement disposer pour lapprovisionnement des arsenaux, des escadres et des colonies. Les premières gabares sont apparues dans les annes 1715 pour transporter les bois de mâture et de charpente. A lorigine modestes bâtiments du port...
A.N.C.R.E., 1997. — 100 p. — ISBN: 2903179212. Cette monographie est consacrée à la tartane, bâtiment de pêche et de cabotage présent dans toute la Méditerranée pendant près de trois siècles mais qui en réalité est assez mal connu car si les représentations artistiques des tartanes sont nombreuses, les renseignements techniques sur leur construction sont rares surtout pour la...
SAPESO, 2014. — 280 p. La Fayette a été l’un d’eux, il reste aujourd’hui un symbole. Reconstruire l’Hermione, la frégate qu’il emprunta pour gagner l’Amérique, c’est rendre à La Fayette un hommage authentique et conserver la mémoire d’une grande aventure de solidarité entre les hommes. Depuis juillet 1997, l'Association Hermione-La Fayette s'est lancée dans une formidable...
Skyhorse, 2007. — 354 p. Gathered from museums and private collections, the hundreds of images here are a reminder of a time when sailing was central to the life and growth of New England. Including paintings and photographs of vessels built, owned, or commanded by New England men, these illustrations will fascinate anyone who imagines harbors filled with tall ships. Some of...
MIT Press, 2007. - 441 p. "Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who never built a ship in his life." So writes Larrie Ferreiro at the beginning of this pioneering work on the science of naval architecture. Bouguer's monumental book Traité du navire ( Treatise of the Ship ) founded a discipline that defined...
Second Edition. — Boston, MA: David R. Godine, publisher, in association with Cape Ann Historical Association, 2000. — 240 p. — ISBN: 1-56792-141-8. Among the endless legends of man's struggle with the sea none is more magnificently moving than that of the fishermen hailing from Gloucester, Massachusetts. So singular this saga, so steeped in grief and glory, so redolent of...
Chancellor Press, 1994. — 136 p. — ISBN: 978-1-851525-69-0. The golden age of sail brought conquest, colonization and trade to the far corners of the world, allowing seafaring nations to greatly extend their power and influence. This history of the era tells the story through 40 of the most famous ships of the 16th to 19th centuries, including Victory, Santa Maria, Endeavour...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. — 259 p. This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors. Introduction...
London. Printed for His Majesty's stationery office by Wyman and sons, ltd., 1906, 196 p. An endeavour has been made in this handbook, as far as space and scantiness of material would permit, to trace the history of the development of wooden ships from the earliest times down to our own. Unfortunately, the task has been exceedingly difficult ; for the annals of shipbuilding...
London: Chatham Publishing, 1997. 192 p. (1-100 p.) — ISBN: 1861760205. The schooner rig has always been associated with speed and elegance, and with the romance of privateers and illicit trade; but it has also been employed in just about every conceivable seafaring role over four centuries and across the world's seas and oceans. This book is a comprehensive history of the...
London: Chatham Publishing, 1997. 192 p. (101-192 p.) — ISBN: 1861760205. The schooner rig has always been associated with speed and elegance, and with the romance of privateers and illicit trade; but it has also been employed in just about every conceivable seafaring role over four centuries and across the world's seas and oceans. This book is a comprehensive history of the...
London: John Weale, Architectural library, 59, High Holborn, 1849, 338 p. The Displacement of a Floating Body considered. Application of the Law thus determined to the Displacement of a Ship, when treated as a Float-ing Body.-The Calculations on the Immersed Portions of a Ship abe solutely necessary to avoid Failure and Unnecessary Expense in such Costly Fabrics. - Page 3 The...
Seaforth Publishing, 2013. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1848321762. This book is a detailed comparative study of the decorative work – figurehead, topside ornamentation and stern gallery design – carried by the ships of the major maritime states of Europe in the zenith of the sailing era. It covers both warships and the most prestigious merchant ships, the East Indiamen of the great...
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1971. — 315 p. To write a comprehensive history of seamanship, as defined in the early paragraphs below, within the scope of a book the length of this, even when assisted by so many illustrations, is clearly impossible. The subject is both vast and necessarily detailed. Seamanship began at some unknown period in the Stone Age, and,...
New York, NY: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1955. — 146 p. There are today more than three hundred and sixty yacht and sailing clubs listed in Lloyd’s Register. So many clubs as this constitute an appreciable feature of the British way of life, and if a social historian turns one day to study the fallen civilization of the West and attempts to understand the things that were, these...
London: Seeley, Service & Company, 1962. — 399 p. The fore and aft rig is one of the notable inventions of man. It gave him a new power of movement over the face of the earth, and especially in the narrow coastal seas and estuaries adjacent to his dwelling. There is another reason why the study of the evolution appears to be salutary at the present time. We live in an age of...
New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1974. — 289 p. — ISBN: 0-8128-1204-4. The history of yachting can be stretched back to an improbable past, but it really has its origins on the inland seas and waterways of seventeenth- century Holland. From there it was taken to the England of Charles II and with the Dutch settlers to the New World. The nineteenth century saw yachting at its most...
St.Louis: R.P. Studley & Co., printers, 1865. - 44 p. In publishing this, my second work on Ship Building, I have endeavored to simplify as much as possible the difficult parts. The work will be short, as I am explaining the plainer rules of ship draughting only, and have no doubt but by the time the new beginner is through with this little book, he will understand enough of...
Stauffacher S.A., 1975. — 235 p. Nombreuses illustrations couleurs et NB dans le texte - Les formes primitives des embarcations - Les premières civilisations Méditerranéennes - Les civilisations orientales - Les empires de l'Amérique précolombienne et les anciens empires d'Afrique - La navigation en Europe du Nord - le navire au long cours - Bateaux à vapeurs , à moteur et...
New York, G.P.Putnam's sons. 182 Fifth avenue, 1877, 389 p. The favourable reception accorded to the "Treatise on Practical Shipbuilding and Laying off ", which I had the honour of contributing to this Series three years ago, has encouraged me to venture upon the present work. The literature of Naval Architecture in the English language is not at all commensurate with the...
L’Ancre de Marine, 2001. — 241 p. — ISBN: 2-84141-169-9. Depuis les hommes de la préhistoire, qui chevauchant un tronc d'arbre, se laissaient dériver au gré des flots et des vents, jusqu'au magnifique clipper de la fin du XIXe siècle, toute l'histoire de l'humanité apparaît à travers l'évolution de l'art de naviguer. De la Malaisie à la Polynésie, des Vénètes aux Hollandais,...
London, New York, G.P.Putnam's sons, 1908. 238 p. An historical sketch of the packet and market sloops of the last century, with a record of their names; together with personal reminiscenses of certain of the notable north river sailing masters.
National Maritime Museum, 2009, 78 p. — ISBN10: 1906367094, ISBN13: 9781906367091. Though the thrilling age of regularly seeing large square-rigged ships in full sail has passed, this gripping narrative is a classic overview of these fascinating ships, written by an author who knew them inside out. This book is a step-by-step introduction to the ships and their mesmerizing...
New Edition. — Washington: National Geographic Society, 1973. — 436 p. White sails fell in ordered folds to tauten in the morning wind, curving between the golden yards. Fore-and-afters sang aloft with a jangle of hanks. The main deck swarmed with boys heaving and hauling as yellow cordage snaked through a hundred blocks. From the bare bones of her masts and yards she achieved...
Hodder & Stoughton , 1937. — 400 p. They were known as the days of “Wooden Ships and Iron Men.” The era takes us to a time when men first ventured out to sea and under sail. The ships were built of wood and frequently eaten into sinking hulks by Teredos, termites of the sea. They were sailed through the centuries by explorers, merchants, fishermen, whalers, pirates and men of...
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