The Golden Age of SailWith 90 illustrations, this tells the history and romance of these tall ships which conquered the seas and changed the face of the world. |
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aboard Admiral age of sail American ship AMY HANDY Antarctic Circle battle blubber boat built cannon Cape Horn captain cargo carved charted China clipper ships command continent craft crew Cutty Sark Dana decoration Drake Passage Dutch East India Company eighteenth century enabled England expedition explorer famous figureheads fleet floating fortresses force fore-and-aft rigging French frigates galley globe golden age highly romanticized hoisting huge hull Island jail James Cook Kidd kilometers known Left lives maritime masts and fore-and-aft Matthew Fontaine Maury merchant ships merchant vessels mid-nineteenth century naval navigator Nelson Noord Nord ocean officers Opposite top Ouest outfits Pacific painted passengers piracy pirates port press gangs proved quare Richard Henry Dana Royal Navy SAIL Right sailing ships scrimshander sea chantey seafaring sextant ship designer ship's side songs speed square sails stern storm swift topgallant sails Victory voyage warships waves weather whale whalebone wind York Zuyd