Arab Dhows of Eastern Arabia: A Dissertation on the Sailing Characteristics of the Lateen-rigged Arab Watercraft of the Western Persian Gulf ... |
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Contents
PREFACE | 3 |
EvoluTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARAB DHow | 19 |
BRINGING A DHow ABOUT | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Arab Dhows of Eastern Arabia: A Dissertation on the Sailing Characteristics of the Lateen-rigged Arab Watercraft of the Western Persian Gulf ... |
| Author | Richard LeBaron Bowen |
| Publisher | Privately printed, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Length | 54 pages |
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