The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction 1695-1845

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Conway Maritime, 2003 - Transportation - 239 pages
Often celebrated as one of the most handsome, fast and versatile rigs to grace sailing vessels, the origins of the term 'schooner' have remained uncertain. The majority of studies have placed the main emphasis on the rig as it was applied to merchant vessels since around 1850.

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About the author (2003)

Karl-Heinz Marquardt is an internationally acclaimed draughtsman who contributes regularly to Conway's modelling quarterly Model Shipwright and has written 18th Century Rigs & Rigging and The Global Schooner, along with another Anatomy of the Ship volume on Cook's Endeavour, for the Conway lists.

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TitleThe Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction 1695-1845
AuthorKarl Heinz Marquardt
Editionillustrated
PublisherConway Maritime, 2003
ISBN0851779301, 9780851779300
Length239 pages
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Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
  
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