Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Sailing Frigate - A History in Ship Models, Robert Gardiner.

The Sailing Frigate - A History in Ship Models, Robert Gardiner
A splendid visual history of the British frigate, based around the collection of scale ship models in the National Maritime Museum. Each change in design is illustrated by a high quality colour photograph of a model, with some key pictures included detailed annotations picking out key features. Also includes a number of special subject spreads, looking at the evolution of features such as bow or stern design. A splendid book, and a very good way of illustrating the development of the sailing frigate
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