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Just received 2 books I ordered regarding " French Warships in the Age of Sail" as reviewed on here by Uwek.
WOW! what a wealth of information in this. Its has every rank of ship, from 1st Rank right through the likes of corvettes and Barques, cargo ships to minor support vessels, as well as all their different versions within the time period as well as dimensions, crew and armament not to mention which battles they were in as well as the opposing fleet for that particular battle, and finally what fate happened to the ship.
All this in 2 books, it just blows wikipedia out of the water to coin a phrase.
Absolutely stunning and definitely recommended.
All the best
Robert
WOW! what a wealth of information in this. Its has every rank of ship, from 1st Rank right through the likes of corvettes and Barques, cargo ships to minor support vessels, as well as all their different versions within the time period as well as dimensions, crew and armament not to mention which battles they were in as well as the opposing fleet for that particular battle, and finally what fate happened to the ship.
All this in 2 books, it just blows wikipedia out of the water to coin a phrase.
Absolutely stunning and definitely recommended.
All the best
Robert
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The Dutch two-decker from 1660-1670 (Der Hollandische - Zweidecker Von 1660-1670) by Heinrich Winter
Documentation of a real model of the 17th century, which was unfortunately lost during World War II.
But thanks to the author, we have these detailed drawings...
Documentation of a real model of the 17th century, which was unfortunately lost during World War II.
But thanks to the author, we have these detailed drawings...
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Een hollandse tweedekker 1660-1670 (A Dutch two-decker) by Heinrich Winter
54 pages of the description of a contemporary model of the castle Monbijou in Berlin and 40 pictures of the model and details. In the back there are shipdrawings on 5 inlays drawed by Wolf-Dietrich Wagner. Famous Dutch two-deckers are The 7 Provinciën, The Friesland (Not very accurate to the...
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Rob T, as those two books are well priced I bought them....hoping to be impressed, with the possibility of getting the rest.
I must say how disappointed I was with the entries, being formulaic and repetitive; the illustrations aren't up to much either.
If I'd paid the publishers price I'd have felt seriously robbed.
I abandoned all ideas of getting the rest.
My opinion is; you'd have to be pretty anal on the subject to want and pay for them all.
Sorry, but that's just my take on this.
I must say how disappointed I was with the entries, being formulaic and repetitive; the illustrations aren't up to much either.
If I'd paid the publishers price I'd have felt seriously robbed.
I abandoned all ideas of getting the rest.
My opinion is; you'd have to be pretty anal on the subject to want and pay for them all.
Sorry, but that's just my take on this.
Because of this we here in SOS are making reviews with detailed Look Inside, so everybody can make his own opinion BEFORE buying a book.
While not exactly new, I thought that I would bring together my small collection of books on schooners and particularly the Bluenose racing schooner. I will try to post the book covers followed with the contents for each. These will accompany the attached pdf summary of each and how they relate; particularly what I see as an essential and linked threesome or tryptic of the more complete era of the fishing and racing schooners;
First the pdf text summary:
Global Schooner Contents:
Next is the American Fishing Schooners
with the Contents
Now A Race for Real Sailors
and the contents for ARFRs
Next is A Witch in the Wind
Contents
Contents next page
Now the linked three essential books for a comprehensive presentation of the era and events
Now, with the pdf text as a guideline the series of photos, if I got them in correct order will be better explained.
The last books, which have additional information are the small A Spirit Deep Within
And lastly for Bluenose II is commonly referred to as Saga
Each one adds a different aspect to schooners and those of fishing and racing but the most essential are the three linked: A Witch in the Wind, The American Fishing Schooners, and A Race for Real Sailors. This trio best present the scene of that era if we are focusing upon Bluenose.
Rich (PT-2)
My posting error by showing the cover for Race for Real Sailors twice but the cover for Witch in the Wind is the center one in the photo of the closely linked three. Rich
My apologies but here is the cover for Witch in the Wind
See previous for the two pages of Contents. Rich
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First and foremost I really like the wealth of information in these.
Secondly I knew what I was buying due to a book Preview of pages online and Uwek's book review, in no way was I expecting more pics and diagrams than info, as obviously little of them survived especially when you take into account the 2 books are spread over 235 years, and the last active year being 160 years ago.
I have always had a thirst for knowledge, I've found too many books would rather show too many pictures/page fillers, rather than in depth knowledge they just scratch the surface in a lot of circumstances but that's my option.
Like you though, I have no intentions of buying the full series albeit I would like the British ones, but as you say most are being sold for astronomical prices which I have no intention of paying. For my part I paid £60 for the 2 books so at £30 each I am really happy.
You bought some really good books!
For everbody interested in the content, please take a look at:
Book review - SHIP DECORATION 1630-1780" by Andrew Peters
Book Review: SHIP DECORATION 1630-1780 by Andrew Peters Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Seaforth Publishing (Dec 19 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1848321767 ISBN-13: 978-1848321762 Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 2.5 x 28.6 cm Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg SYNOPSIS: This book is a detailed...
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Book review - Look Inside: "SHIP DECORATION, 1630 - 1780" by Andrew Peters
As promised in the other topic I am making now the Review / Look Inside of the book Ship Decoration, 1630-1780 by Andrew Peters Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Seaforth Publishing; First Edition edition (15 Aug. 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1848321767 ISBN-13: 978-1848321762...
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Book review - Book Review: "THE 50-GUN SHIP: A Complete History" by Rif Winfield
The 50-Gun ship by Rif Winfield Hardcover: 128 pages (but also available in the meantime as soft) Publisher: Chatham; First UK edition (1997) Language: English Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.5 x 11.8 inches, or 24,1 x 1,9 x 28,6 cm Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds the softcover-version of the book...
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Book review - Book Review: "The Armed Transport BOUNTY (Anatomy of the Ship) by John McKay
Book Review: The Armed Transport BOUNTY (Anatomy of the Ship) by John McKay Hardcover: 120 pages Publisher: Conway Maritime Press Ltd; 3rd Revised edition edition (10 Jan. 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0851778933 ISBN-13: 978-0851778938 Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm...
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And you have done some great reviews, without which I wouldn't have been able to aquire these.
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There is maybe another 3 or 4 books you have reviewed that I cannot aquire, be it down to price or nothing on sale.
I'll just need to be sit patient and hopefully something will turn up.
Here you can find the Book Review on SOS:
Book review - Rigging Period Fore-and-Aft-Craft" by Lennart Petersson
In the world of ship modelling, arguably one of the more arduous tasks is rigging of the miniature replicas. There are some old and new books available (see my other reviews), but there is nothing available like these books from Petersson, and these books can be fastly very helpful especially...
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This is probably the most referred to book in my schooner collection as I was looking closely at the fittings shown in the last half to better understand their part in my schooner build of Bluenose. It was probably my best purchase for actual building as the other Bluenose books are more about the use of the BN. Well recommended for those who may want to scratch build a schooner within the time span. Rich (PT-2)