STEEL'S ELEMENTS OF MASTMAKING, SAILMAKING AND RIGGING (From the 1794 Edition)

Published by Edward W. Sweetman. New York. No date, c. ., 1970

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Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, AustraliaJean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books

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Reprint from 1932 edition. Arranged, with an Introduction by Claude S. Gill (Master Mariner). XVI, 300 PP with tables, plus 59 plates (5 folded in pocket at back). Fp: "Scientia Navalis Ventorum Marisque Dominatrix". Brown cloth cover with light wear around edges and a few light spots, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce. 23.4 x 16. Mastmaking: description, use, position of masts, the trees, dimensions including proportions for heights of masts in the Royal Navy, Sailmaking: description and use, cutting & sailmaking, rigging, terms used.

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Title
STEEL'S ELEMENTS OF MASTMAKING, SAILMAKING AND RIGGING (From the 1794 Edition)
Author
GILL, Claude S. (Arrangement and Introduction)
Publisher
Edward W. Sweetman. New York. No date, c. .
Publication year
1970
Binding
Hardcover

Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books

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