The young sea officer's sheet anchor, or, A key to the leading of rigging, and to practical seamanship
(2012)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486137582 (electronic bk.) MWT11603204, 0486137589 (electronic bk.) 11603204
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
Mode of access: World Wide Web