First Rate: The Greatest Warship of the Age of Sail
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591142644 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He lives in the UK. Rif Winfield is the author of the three-volume series British Warships in the Age of Sail, which covers every Royal Navy vessel built, purchased, or captured between 1603 and 1817
dinofirst rate: the greatest warship of the age of sail dino448 A very comprehensive look at the first rate ships-of -the-line. I found many items that I hav'nt seen in other, comparable books. All togeather an excellent source, if your interest is in the first rate ships of that period.. first rate: the greatest warship of the age of sail dino448 A very comprehensive look at the first rate ships-of -the-line. I found many items that I hav'nt seen in other, comparable books. All togeather an excellent source, if your interest is in the first rate ships of that period.. 8 said first rate: the greatest warship of the age of sail. A very comprehensive look at the first rate ships-of -the-line. I found many items that I hav'nt seen in other, comparable books. All togeather an excellent source, if your interest is in the first rate ships of that period.. Charles A. Race said A First Rate book on the topic. I have long been a student of sailing ships, both naval and mercantile, and this is one of the finest books on the subject of ships of the line. The author combines the perfect balance of narrative, illustrations, and technical data for the first rate class of ships. While the focus is naturally on English ships of the period, the book doe. I'm pleased with this purchase even with its high price tag C.Q.M Lavish historical drawings/paintings and detailed renderings from a large amount of historical ships fill this large book.I'm pleased with this purchase even with its high price tag.
This spectacular collection of illustrations, many in full color, is a celebration of these magnificent ships, combining an authoritative history of their development with reproductions of many of the best images of the ships, chosen for their accuracy, detail, and sheer visual power in an extra-large format that does full justice to the images themselves. It also includes comparative data on similar vessels in other navies, so it is a book that all with an interest in wooden warships will find both enlightening and a pleasure to peruse.. In this first history of the major ships in the Royal Navy during the Age of Sail, virtually every British First Rate from the Prince Royal of 1610 to the end of sail is represented by an array of paintings, drawings, models, or plans. In the sailing era, the warships called First Rates were the largest, most powerful, and most costly ships to construct, maintain, and operate. They were the very embodiment of national power, and as such drew the attention of artists, engravers, and printmakers.
The reproduction of the illustrations is, without exception, superb; clearly a lot of effort here has gone into getting the colour reproduction as close to the original as possible. Each chapter is illustrated with well chosen paintings, etchings, photographs, mainly of the Admiralty models of the period, and wherever possible Admiralty drafts of appropriate ships. There are also numerous two - page spreads on related topics. The piece de resistance is a superb four - page fold out of the draft of HMS Victoria of 1863; a full - colour reproduction, replete with detail. The design and careers of individual ships are briefly described with particular highlights covered in more detail. The book covers the main eras of the age of sail, starting with the Caroline navy, through Commonwealth, Restoration and the French and Napoleonic wars, and culminates in the steam - powered wooden battlesh