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By: as written and illustrated by William Gilkerson ; with the help of divers colleagues, curators, collectors & archivists who are identified within & in co-operation with the USS Constitution Museum--Boston ; and in collaboration with Sherman Morss and Sim Comfort.
Contributors: Morss, Sherman.; Comfort, Sim.; USS Constitution Museum.
Publisher: A. Mowbray; Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Inc.; Andrew Mowbray Pub; Brand: Andrew Mowbray Publishers, Inc.
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Lincoln, RI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: United States. Navy -- Firearms -- History -- 17th century.; United States. Navy -- Firearms -- History -- 18th century.; United States. Navy -- Firearms -- History -- 19th century.; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Firearms -- History.; Firearms -- Europe, Northern -- History.; Weapons -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Errata and addenda to ... Volume I": v. 2, p. 331.
Table of contents: title: [I.].  With steel, the edged weapons and polearms of the classical age of fighting sail, 1626-1826; title: tracing their development in the navies of England and Northern Europe through that of the United States, with particular attention to the period of the American Revolution through the War of 1812; title: II. With fire, the small firearms and combustibles of the classical age of fighting sail, 1626-1826; title: tracing their development in the navies of England and Northern Europe through that of the United States, with particular attention to the period of the American Revolution through the War of 1812.