American sailing ships : their plans and history

Master seaman, shipbuilder and nautical chronicler Charles G. Davis here charts an anecdotal, highly personal course through our rich nautical history. Written in a style both entertaining and informal through which bubbles a genuine love of sailing vessels and sea lore, American Sailing Ships evoke...

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Main Author: Davis, Charles G. 1870-1959.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, 1984.
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Table of Contents:
  • Block Island boats and pinkys
  • The fishing schooner
  • The Baltimore clipper and other southern craft
  • The packet ship "Isaac Webb"
  • The frigate "Raleigh"
  • The frigate "Congress"
  • Masts and spars of United States naval vessels
  • List of plans of ships
  • Plans of ships.