Ship: A History in Art & Photography - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844860760 ISBN 13: 9781844860760

Publisher: Conway, 2010

Synopsis

Celebrate mankind's 3,000 years at sea with a spectacular record of 360 well-known ships in history and fiction. Each page offers the story of a famous (or in some cases, infamous) vessel, illustrated with a stunning photograph or painting, and complete with technical specifications of the ship's construction, size, crew, and tonnage. The drama of the high seas is brought to life: an arresting news photo of the Torrey Canyon, broken in two on a reef in the English Channel, accompanies the story of the world's first major supertanker oil spill. Many entries discuss innovations in ship design, while others tell tales of battle and exploration, mutiny and piracy, shipwreck and survival.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Lambert is Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He has written numerous historical works, including the recent bestsellers Admirals: The Naval Commanders Who Made Britain Great (Faber, 2008) and Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation (Faber, 2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Conway
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1844860760
• ISBN 13: 9781844860760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Lambert Prof. Andrew