1st UK edition. 374 PP with 353 b/w or colour illustrations. Title spread: Reefing the Foresail by John Stobart. Hard cover, illustrated front board, dj. Fine. 35 x 25.5. Tells the history of the seas and ships. Richly and impressively illustrated with rare maps, old manuscripts, pictures of navigational tools and of course, paintings of the ships themselves and of their scale models. A magnificent book.

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Title: THE HISTORY OF SEAFARING - Navigating the World's Oceans
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press / John Nurminen Foundation. London. .
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Maritime specialist bookseller and books on the French-speaking islands of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Regular catalogues issued. Member of ANZAAB and ILAB.

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Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books
P.O. BOX 424, CYGNET, TAS, 7112, Australia

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