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Author Casson, Lionel, 1914-2009.

Title Illustrated history of ships & boats.

Publication Info. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1964.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  623.81 CASSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  CS 623.8109 C27    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  623.82 CAS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  623.8109 CA    Check Shelf
Edition [First edition].
Description 272 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography "Suggested reading": page [259].
Contents The ancient world -- Birth of the boat -- On sails and sailing -- Egypt -- Greece and Rome: warships -- Greece and Rome: the carrying of cargo -- The great age of the sailing ship -- The beginnings (A.D. 500 - 1450) -- Northern Europe -- The Mediterranean -- The full-rigged ship -- Men-of-war -- From Carrack to Galleon -- Ships of the line -- Warships under oars -- Merchantmen -- The swan song of sail -- East of Suez -- On bay and river -- Northern Europe -- America -- The Mediterranean -- The Near and Far East -- The age of powder -- Merchantmen -- Iron men-of-war -- Under the sea -- Sport on the sea .
Subject Naval architecture -- History.
Ships -- Pictorial works.
Ships -- History.
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