The heyday of sail
Subtitle: the merchant sailing ship 1650-1830
By: editor, Robert Gardiner ; consultant editor, Philip Bosscher.
Contributors: Gardiner, Robert, 1949-; Bosscher, Ph. M.
Series: Conway's history of the ship
Publisher: Conway Maritime
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Merchant ships -- Europe -- History.; Sailing ships -- Europe -- History.; Shipping -- Europe -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 160-165) and index.
Table of contents: value: Merchant shipping of the British Empire; value: Seagoing ships of the Netherlands; value: The ships of Scandinavia and the Baltic; value: Mediterranean ships and shipping, 1650-1850; value: European inland sailing craft; value: Pleasure craft; value: Shipping economics and trade; value: Seamen and the merchant service, 1650-1830.