Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor. Or A Key To The Leading Of Rigging And To Practical Seamanship

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1988
Edition: First Edition

Description:

Publishers Description: Widely used among young 19th-century officers in the Royal Navy and East India Company, this now-rare volume offers clear definitions and copious illustrations of the principles of rigging and other aspects of seamanship tacking, use of a compass, splicing ropes, making sails, and much more. A must for ship fanciers and naval historians.

ISBN: 9780486402208