By the middle of the 17th century, a division was evident between the trade ship and the war ship. The Heyday of Sail documents the history of the merchant sailing ship during a revolutionary era in ship design. This volume includes merchant shipping in the British Empire, seagoing ships of the Netherlands, ships of Scandinavia, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean, European inland sailing craft, yachts and pleasure craft.
The Heyday of Sail: The Merchant Sailing Ship 1650-1830
- Details
- By: Robert Gardiner (Editor)
- AOS Other Non-Fiction
- Title: The Heyday of Sail: The Merchant Sailing Ship 1650-1830
- Series: Conway's History of the Ship
- First Published by: Conway Maritime Press Ltd
- First Published Format: HC
- First Published Date: 2000
- ISBN-10: 0785812660
- ISBN-13: 978-0785812661