Title: The building of boats /
Authors: Phillips-Birt, Douglas,
Date: 1979
Publisher: Norton,
Physical description: 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: Details the history of boat-building, from primitive floats and rafts to modern yachts, and how it has shaped mankind's destiny.
Contents: The boatbuilders -- Boats without planks -- Early boats of planks -- In the Mediterranean -- In the north -- The east and oceania -- Advancing techniques -- The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The nineteenth century -- The yacht builders -- The last boatbuilders in timber -- Survivals and revivals -- Marine drafting methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Boatbuilding--History.