THE LORE OF SHIPS BY TRE TRYCKARE

The Lore of Ships is a distinguished work which comes out of the international co-operation between maritime specialists in Sweden, the United States, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Holland, Norway, and Germany.

This magnificent volume explains and illustrates all of the significant components of sailing ships, merchantmen, liners - every kind of ship from primitive dugouts to the nuclear warships of the present. It contains more than 1,550 illustrations of diverse nautical details - more than any previous work - in the form of drawings printed in a total of seventeen different colors, including gold.

The Mayflower, Fulton's Clermont, Nelson's Victory, the Golden Hind, and many more famous vessels appear, some with details, some as full replicas. While nautical enthusiasts will enjoy perusing this volume, they will also use it as a comprehensive illustrated glossary. Every sailor will want the definitive lists of ship's carpenter's tools, types of anchors, house flags, "rules of the road", loadlines and draft lines, rigging, hatches, sails, masts - the thousands of items appearing in the text and illustrations.

Unparalleled in the scope of its material, the authenticity of its information, and the beauty of its design, this incomparable work is the perfect gift for all seafarers from the dinghy-owner to the yachtsman. It will be prized as well by any armchair mariner who has ever fallen under the romantic lure of ships.

Hardcover with dust jacket

Dust jacket worn and torn on side and edges covered with sellotape.

1969.

277 pages.